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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Bad Picture Blogger

So I am a really horrible picture blogger, however at least I am blogging right?
Ok, everyone I am ecstatic right now. Heres a little background on one of my goals this summer. I am trying to read through the majority of the New Testament. I have been kinda skipping around, and I am no trying to read to fast because I want to understand fully what I am reading. Sooooooooo, tonight I read 1 Corinthians 1 and 2. Check this out friends, did you know that we have full access to the wisdom of the all-powerful, mighty, glorious, amazing God!!! I know you are probably like ya Duh Rach. But I think this may be something we forget, or at least I do, or something that we dont fully grasp because are constantly in awe of our God. Which is totally ok to be in awe of Him, how can we not. The cool thing I'm feeling right now is that I can obtain and get in on the wisdom my God has. He trusts us with that. Whoa! Check this out... (These are all in the Message version)
The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God, and brings out what God planned all along. Who ever knows what you're thinking and planning except you yourself? The same with God—except that he not only knows what he's thinking, but he lets us in on it. God offers a full report on the gifts of life and salvation that he is giving us. We don't have to rely on the world's guesses and opinions. We didn't learn this by reading books or going to school; we learned it from God, who taught us person-to-person through Jesus, and we're passing it on to you in the same firsthand, personal way. 1 Corinthians 2:10-13
Isn't that so totally cool. Paul begins the chapter by saying that when he first started sharing the Word he didnt know what to say or how to articulate his words, but the Spirit did it for him.
I was unsure of how to go about this, and felt totally inadequate—I was scared to death, if you want the truth of it—and so nothing I said could have impressed you or anyone else. But the Message came through anyway. God's Spirit and God's power did it, which made it clear that your life of faith is a response to God's power, not to some fancy mental or emotional footwork by me or anyone else. 2:3-5
I know ya'll are probably like ok Rach chill out. Ya this is stuff I have know,but our stupid insecurities make it so easy to forget. Friends, know that you have the power to move mountains, to speak into peoples lives, whether its with words of with just a bright smile. Tonight, I was at a Bible Study and we were talking about how in order to reach people for Christ we have to go about it differently nowadays. Everyone it seems like has been to church and not everyone is going to want to set foot in a church, but it is up to us to be the church for them, and to simply just listen to them and relate with them as best as possible. And how will we do this? With God-given and spirit-enacted wisdom. This isnt just temporary or flimsy wisdom,
God's wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don't find it lying around on the surface. It's not the latest message, but more like the oldest—what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene. The experts of our day haven't a clue about what this eternal plan is. 2:7-9ish
woohoo!!! So cool! Sorry this is totally me just talking to myself, and maybe it will touch someone else out there. Thanks to those who read for reading.

Be blessed.
peace. LOVE. joy.

No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined
what God has prepared
for those who love him.I Corinthians 2:9 NLT

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