He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to humble yourself to walk with your God. Mic 6.8
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, SHOWING ALL HUMILITY TO ALL MEN. Titus 3.1 3.2
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time, casting all your cares upon Him, for He cares for you. 1Pe 5.6 5.7
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up. James 4.10
Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
I must humble myself as the little child who came when Jesus called in order to be great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Mt 18.4
If my people, who are called by my Name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2Chr 7.14
For everyone who exalts himself will be abased, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
We should humble ourselves before God and let Him search our hearts and confess our sins, rather than exalting ourselves in the presence of God. Lk 18.14
When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom. Pr 11.2
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. Pr 16.18 16.19
He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him; he is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him. Jn 7.18
At any kind of social gathering where you are invited take the lowest place. This is one way to humble yourself.
Humility recognises that "I need God".
Recognize when people follow that it is only because they see that God is with me. Keep the attitude, "I need God".
......These are just a few quotes and verses I found on humility. I don't know about you, but I know that one thing is for sure, I am NOTHING compared to the Creator of the universe. I feel dissapointed in other people when I see that they are being self-righteous, putting themselves on a pedestal, floating away because their head is so big, however you want to think of it. And here I AM, being the same as all the 'high and mighty', airhead people I criticize. Thinking inside of how great I'm being, what a great person I am, how great my hair looks, seriously, it's absolutely ridiculous. And the worst part of it all: I'm pretty sure it is THE BIGGEST spiritual barrier I have ever felt between my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The very thing that has been at it's very highest point this past month or so, and I put my pride in the middle of it. I put my foggy, gray pride between God and I. The devil knows that it can so easily separate us from God, he knows that he can so easily slip it in our lives when we think we're being the strongest. And there ya go! Before ya know it your spiritual relationship kinda slips a little, and you don't understand this weird feeling in the pit of your stomach..that something is weird, you might even understand exactly what you're doing to yourself, and immaturely, naively find a way to jusify your idiocy, and continue living in it! But you don't understand why your spiritual fervor is not there! And that's sayin a lot cause I can get pretty flippin excited about JESUS!!! Your very spiritual excitement the thing that should define you, your relationship with Christ and your safety in Him, slipping away? UH OH! Might wanna fix that! Anyway, that's my little confession I guess =) God bless ya'll. You're in my prayers as brothers and sisters in Christ.
Phil. 4:13
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Enjoyment In the SImple THings Of liFE =D
So recently Iv'e been experiencing complete joy and contentment through my amazing Jesus. Not just temporary happy moments that numb the pain of everyday life once and a while when you smile and switch back and forth from good days to bad days. TrUe HaPPiNeSs! This happened to me by realizing in my heart, not just understanding in my head, that my worth is in Jesus Christ and I don't need to call to anybody to receive definition through their approval! That God was there when I was born, the first time I skinned my knee, the first time I lost a family member, the first time someone I thought was my friend hurt me, and He will be there for the last time those things happen. He was there ten years ago and He will be there in twenty. He loved me yesterday, He loves me today, and He will love me tomorrow.
Anyway, my point of this really, was to talk about how important it can sometimes be to just find a smile in the small stuff. Like today, I was kinda stressed out, didn't really know why, I was just subconciously letting something get to me I guess, but I rolled down the window in the car, and I stuck my head out and just felt the cool air brush my face. "Thank You, God, for giving me life today. I'm gonna choose to look at this day as a miracle that I'm even alive." That simple moment made the rest of my day just that much easier to handle.
Monday, March 19, 2007
A Prayer To Know The Holy
Lord, I pray that You would promote your children to seek You with an everfervent, unyielding spirit. I pray that You would allow us to humble ourselves in Your presence God. Knowing that You, the Author of our life, are in control. Lord, I pray that we would hunger and thirst for a better understanding of Your heart. That we would thirst to know You and long to live for You every day, in every way. I pray for the church and for your people Lord, that we would earnestly seek to be close to You and honor You with our lives. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
Knowing Intimately The One Whom We Praise
"The intelect knoweth that it is ignorant of Thee, because it knoweth Thou canst not be known, unless the unknowable could be known, and the invisible beheld, and the inaccessible attained." Nicholas of Cusa said this. If you don't follow his old english wording he's pretty much saying that humanity knows (or should know) that the image and true heart of God our creator, can't really be attained by our finite minds as humans. We can't really understand who God truly is unless the things that are unknowable could be known etc.. one of my favorite pastors, Darryl DelHousaye said last night in a sermon, "I can't trust what I don't know" and "I can't trust whom I don't know." Saying that, we cannot trust and have faith in Christ's commandments and teachings if we do not study them and know them in our hearts, and we cannot trust this God who is spoken of if we do not know Him and seek at least to try and understand Him. Why would we trust someone whom is unknown? Why would we have faith in the teachings of a man named Jesus whom we have not taken the time to grow intimately close with?
Nocholas goes on to say this, "If anyone should set forth any concept by which Thou canst be conceived, I know that that concept is not a concept of Thee, for every concept is ended in the wall of Paradise....So too, if any were to tell of the understanding of Thee, wishing to supply a means whereby Thou mightest be understood, this man is yet far from Thee....forasmuch as Thou art absolute above all the concepts which any man can frame."
Ya might need to read it again, it's all good, so did I. Anyway, this pretty much all saying, in order to trust God and put our lives in His hands and worship Him intimately and live solely and fervently for Him, we must search to know Him as He truly is. We must request of Him to allow us to be brought into the presence of The Holy Spirit and thrive off of that existence and rest in the knowledge of His Spirit. We must know His commands to trust Him, and we must know Him to have faith in Him.
**1 John 1**
1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4We write this to make our[a] joy complete.
5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
Nocholas goes on to say this, "If anyone should set forth any concept by which Thou canst be conceived, I know that that concept is not a concept of Thee, for every concept is ended in the wall of Paradise....So too, if any were to tell of the understanding of Thee, wishing to supply a means whereby Thou mightest be understood, this man is yet far from Thee....forasmuch as Thou art absolute above all the concepts which any man can frame."
Ya might need to read it again, it's all good, so did I. Anyway, this pretty much all saying, in order to trust God and put our lives in His hands and worship Him intimately and live solely and fervently for Him, we must search to know Him as He truly is. We must request of Him to allow us to be brought into the presence of The Holy Spirit and thrive off of that existence and rest in the knowledge of His Spirit. We must know His commands to trust Him, and we must know Him to have faith in Him.
**1 John 1**
1That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4We write this to make our[a] joy complete.
5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Psalm 34-quickly becoming one of my favorite Psalms
Psalm 34
Of David.
1 [a] I will extol the LORD at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
2 My soul will boast in the LORD;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
3 Glorify the LORD with me;
let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
6 This poor man called, and the LORD heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.
8 Taste and see that the LORD is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
9 Fear the LORD, you his saints,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
10 The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
11 Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
13 keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking lies.
14 Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
16 the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
19 A righteous man may have many troubles,
but the LORD delivers him from them all;
20 he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.
21 Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
22 The LORD redeems his servants;
no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.
I just love this verse for so many reasons! The beginning talks about praising the Lord continually with every word that comes out of your mouth all the time!!! I strive to do that, and I love in verse 3 how it says 'let us extol His name together..' I love that it implies brothers and sisters in Christ praising His name together, being unified by praising the God that we share a love for. I love how it continues to repeat throughout the chapter things like in verse 4 (I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.) and things like verses 6 and 7. The Lord delivers us from our fears and our troubles. He doesn't just take them out a little bit at a time and tease us He delivers US from them. His angels protect us against them. I love in verse 8, "taste and see that the Lord is good." I lovE That!! It's like glorifying Gos by using our senses and then praising Him for them and seeing how great He is through them! It continually repeats that the Lord will help the righteous and the hurting ones who cry out to Him, He will comfort them and help them. He will 'keep our bones from being broken' (verse 20). And the ending is just amazing, it's totally the icing on the cake, verse 22 "The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him." His servants....? Yeah, that's us! He will redeem us! We will not be condemned because we take refuge in Him...and that is THE BEST PLACE to take refuge isn't it? Heck yeah it is!!
God bless ya'll.
Of David.
1 [a] I will extol the LORD at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
2 My soul will boast in the LORD;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
3 Glorify the LORD with me;
let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
5 Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
6 This poor man called, and the LORD heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.
8 Taste and see that the LORD is good;
blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
9 Fear the LORD, you his saints,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
10 The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
11 Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
13 keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking lies.
14 Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
16 the face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
19 A righteous man may have many troubles,
but the LORD delivers him from them all;
20 he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.
21 Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
22 The LORD redeems his servants;
no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.
I just love this verse for so many reasons! The beginning talks about praising the Lord continually with every word that comes out of your mouth all the time!!! I strive to do that, and I love in verse 3 how it says 'let us extol His name together..' I love that it implies brothers and sisters in Christ praising His name together, being unified by praising the God that we share a love for. I love how it continues to repeat throughout the chapter things like in verse 4 (I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.) and things like verses 6 and 7. The Lord delivers us from our fears and our troubles. He doesn't just take them out a little bit at a time and tease us He delivers US from them. His angels protect us against them. I love in verse 8, "taste and see that the Lord is good." I lovE That!! It's like glorifying Gos by using our senses and then praising Him for them and seeing how great He is through them! It continually repeats that the Lord will help the righteous and the hurting ones who cry out to Him, He will comfort them and help them. He will 'keep our bones from being broken' (verse 20). And the ending is just amazing, it's totally the icing on the cake, verse 22 "The LORD redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him." His servants....? Yeah, that's us! He will redeem us! We will not be condemned because we take refuge in Him...and that is THE BEST PLACE to take refuge isn't it? Heck yeah it is!!
God bless ya'll.
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