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"Excuse Me, Are You Jesus?" -Author Unknown
"A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner.
In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly missed boarding.
ALL BUT ONE !!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings, and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.
He was glad he did.
The 16 year old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her, no one stopping and no one to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?" She nodded through her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly."
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him, "Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, "Are you Jesus?"
He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?" Do people mistake you for Jesus? That's our destiny, is it not? To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.
If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit."
~ ~ ~
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"
made His Light shine in our hearts
to give us the light of the knowledge
of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
2 Cor. 4:6
"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive
mercy." Matthew 5:7
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Psalm 1
Psalm 1 (King James Version)
1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Monday, July 21, 2008
No Place to Call Home
No Place to Call Home:
"NO PLACE TO CALL HOME "
by Mae Shurow
I don't fit. Is there anybody else out there who feels the same way? Every time I talk to the Father about this, He tells me, 'Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head' (Luke 9:58).
It took me a while to understand what this passage is saying. Jesus, in addressing a man who said to him 'Lord, I will follow thee withersoever thou goest,' reveals what following Him will entail - those who choose to follow Him will have no place to call home! Jesus is telling this man there will be no longer be ANY PLACE where he can feel at home; no place where he can lay his head; no place that he can rest; no place where he will feel accepted in this world. THIS is the cost of following Christ!
I DON'T FIT ANYWHERE."
http://awildernessvoice.com/NoPlace2CallHome.html
"NO PLACE TO CALL HOME "
by Mae Shurow
I don't fit. Is there anybody else out there who feels the same way? Every time I talk to the Father about this, He tells me, 'Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head' (Luke 9:58).
It took me a while to understand what this passage is saying. Jesus, in addressing a man who said to him 'Lord, I will follow thee withersoever thou goest,' reveals what following Him will entail - those who choose to follow Him will have no place to call home! Jesus is telling this man there will be no longer be ANY PLACE where he can feel at home; no place where he can lay his head; no place that he can rest; no place where he will feel accepted in this world. THIS is the cost of following Christ!
I DON'T FIT ANYWHERE."
http://awildernessvoice.com/NoPlace2CallHome.html
Jonathan and Zadok By Bill Britton
Jonathan and Zadok By Bill Britton:
"Jonathan and Zadok "
by Bill Britton
_____________________________
Herein lies one the of the strangest, and saddest, stories of the Bible. The story of a fine young man who saw the coming of a new order, actually prophesied of the coming Kingdom, who knew and loved the coming King dearly, yet missed being in that glorious Kingdom simply because he never got around to coming out of the old order! And with this story comes a solemn warning to those who are seeing the coming of a new order to the Church, who know what it is to feel the anointing of that new Move of the Spirit, who have every reason to be included in that glorious new Kingdom, yet who are in great danger of missing the ascent to the Throne simply because, like Jonathan, they will not separate themselves from the old order and come out of her, my people. They continue to hang around the edges of what God is doing in these last days, content to keep in touch with the anointed people in the wilderness, but not willing to bear the reproach of being one of that motley crew in Adullam. Now read on, if you dare."
Read full article here:
http://awildernessvoice.com/J-Z.html
"Jonathan and Zadok "
by Bill Britton
_____________________________
Herein lies one the of the strangest, and saddest, stories of the Bible. The story of a fine young man who saw the coming of a new order, actually prophesied of the coming Kingdom, who knew and loved the coming King dearly, yet missed being in that glorious Kingdom simply because he never got around to coming out of the old order! And with this story comes a solemn warning to those who are seeing the coming of a new order to the Church, who know what it is to feel the anointing of that new Move of the Spirit, who have every reason to be included in that glorious new Kingdom, yet who are in great danger of missing the ascent to the Throne simply because, like Jonathan, they will not separate themselves from the old order and come out of her, my people. They continue to hang around the edges of what God is doing in these last days, content to keep in touch with the anointed people in the wilderness, but not willing to bear the reproach of being one of that motley crew in Adullam. Now read on, if you dare."
Read full article here:
http://awildernessvoice.com/J-Z.html
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
by Michael Clark and George Davis
Our sincere thanks to Doug Clark who put this movie together for us. He made our idea come to life.
Play Movie
http://awildernessvoice.com/Conformity.html
Conformity
by Michael Clark and George Davis
Our sincere thanks to Doug Clark who put this movie together for us. He made our idea come to life.
Play Movie
http://awildernessvoice.com/Conformity.html
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Encouragements and Promises for Harder Times-By Ken
( From http://www.revivalschool.com-forums/)
Encouragements and Promises for Harder Times!
From the "Keeping an eye on the financial collapse" thread-
harvestisripe wrote:
Perhaps one might like to start a thread concerning these things.
God bless all of you - Lynn
I'm starting this thread in response to Lynn's suggestion. This is in hopes that anyone will post their testimony of how God has sustained them, or scriptures where God has promised to remain faithful to His children in the midst of turmoil or calamity. I'll start with mine.
In 1998 my wife and I pulled up roots, I resigned from my government job of 9 years and we moved our family, including 4 kids to a different state over 700 miles away to attend ministry school. We believed the Lord was putting it on our hearts to do so.
When we arrived, another student who left his practice as a doctor prophesied that God had brought us there to prepare us for ministering to others during the economic collapse that was coming. This wasn't a really "edifying" word for me at the time. We'd left all the security and comfort that we'd known for years, but we were sure that God was going to give us a velvet pillow to land on because of our obedience in moving there. It wasn't hard to imagine, after all, as it was a fairly booming time economically speaking back then. The stock market was in the middle of a huge rally, it was also the beginning of the "dot-com" boom, jobs were plentiful and everyone seemed to be prospering, and the prophecy from the good doc really didn't make sense in the midst of it all.
Well, the Lord did provide for us. I met someone who offered me a job working for a Christian television station paying $8 an hour. Remember I have 4 kids. I had a payment on a van (we'd gotten before we moved) of over $200 a month. Our rent was $600. If you do the math, after taxes we had roughly $250 per month left over to meet all of our other expenses. Two hundred and fifty bucks might be the amount of a monthly electric bill in the summertime. And we haven't talked about food yet.
Through the whole time I held on to this passage from God's word:
Quote:
For about one year we were place on what I called "God's economy", where you nearly literally depend on the ravens to bring you your sustenance. We went from day to day not knowing what the next day was going to bring, and it caused us to trust in Him for our everyday needs, to the point where my head would hit the pillow at night with the rent due the next day and not a dollar in the bank and I knew that God was going to provide.
Did we lose some conveniences? Yep. And the Lord has this funny way of showing you the difference between a "necessity" and a "convenience". When a "day's wage" is nearly literally what it costs to buy your family's bread, you find out that the telephone and car insurance (or any kind of insurance for that matter) are "conveniences". But then again, God Himself becomes your "insurance". Sounds pretty biblical, actually, don't it?
On the other side of it I can tell you that myself and my family were never without food, never without shelter, and never without clothes, and yes, He provided transportation and necessary utilities like electricity and running water (at least those are a necessity for now ). Yes, bill collectors came knocking (and so did the landlord once or twice). We thought it was humorous that the Lord allowed our phone to be cut off because, miraculously- that's when the bill collectors stopped calling!
Anyway, we have many testimonies of God's provision through that time- every experience is like GOLD to us now, because we'll never have fear of having "lack" again. And yeah, we do feel qualified to encourage others who are going and who will be going through the coming harder times.
And the most important thing we learned? Get OIL! Seek the Kingdom and everything you need will be provided to you. Put aside fear, it's useless and a waste of time. When you're confronted with a major need and you see no way for its provision, BE GLAD! God is about to show you something that you really need to know. After you've confronted that "giant" and you find that the Lord is on your side the next one won't seem so fierce.
These are just a few gems I've picked up on the journey. I'll leave the thread open for others' testimonies/encouragements.
Be blessed, (and UN-afraid!)
ken
Encouragements and Promises for Harder Times!
From the "Keeping an eye on the financial collapse" thread-
harvestisripe wrote:
Actually I think it is good for us to talk about these things and to allow
others to speak out and to rationalize these things - and not to judge anyone
and to try to encourage each other and to pray for one another - to have peace
in the coming storms - we can not make this go away but we can sure encourage
one another in the Lord - in the word - and we really need to love on one
another - perhaps even with comforting scriptures and also scriptures of what
the word does says reguarding the times we live in and the days ahead.
Perhaps one might like to start a thread concerning these things.
God bless all of you - Lynn
I'm starting this thread in response to Lynn's suggestion. This is in hopes that anyone will post their testimony of how God has sustained them, or scriptures where God has promised to remain faithful to His children in the midst of turmoil or calamity. I'll start with mine.
In 1998 my wife and I pulled up roots, I resigned from my government job of 9 years and we moved our family, including 4 kids to a different state over 700 miles away to attend ministry school. We believed the Lord was putting it on our hearts to do so.
When we arrived, another student who left his practice as a doctor prophesied that God had brought us there to prepare us for ministering to others during the economic collapse that was coming. This wasn't a really "edifying" word for me at the time. We'd left all the security and comfort that we'd known for years, but we were sure that God was going to give us a velvet pillow to land on because of our obedience in moving there. It wasn't hard to imagine, after all, as it was a fairly booming time economically speaking back then. The stock market was in the middle of a huge rally, it was also the beginning of the "dot-com" boom, jobs were plentiful and everyone seemed to be prospering, and the prophecy from the good doc really didn't make sense in the midst of it all.
Well, the Lord did provide for us. I met someone who offered me a job working for a Christian television station paying $8 an hour. Remember I have 4 kids. I had a payment on a van (we'd gotten before we moved) of over $200 a month. Our rent was $600. If you do the math, after taxes we had roughly $250 per month left over to meet all of our other expenses. Two hundred and fifty bucks might be the amount of a monthly electric bill in the summertime. And we haven't talked about food yet.
Through the whole time I held on to this passage from God's word:
Quote:
Do Not Worry
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your
life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his
kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:25-34And this one, too;
Quote:
I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or
their children begging bread. Psalm 35:25
For about one year we were place on what I called "God's economy", where you nearly literally depend on the ravens to bring you your sustenance. We went from day to day not knowing what the next day was going to bring, and it caused us to trust in Him for our everyday needs, to the point where my head would hit the pillow at night with the rent due the next day and not a dollar in the bank and I knew that God was going to provide.
Did we lose some conveniences? Yep. And the Lord has this funny way of showing you the difference between a "necessity" and a "convenience". When a "day's wage" is nearly literally what it costs to buy your family's bread, you find out that the telephone and car insurance (or any kind of insurance for that matter) are "conveniences". But then again, God Himself becomes your "insurance". Sounds pretty biblical, actually, don't it?
On the other side of it I can tell you that myself and my family were never without food, never without shelter, and never without clothes, and yes, He provided transportation and necessary utilities like electricity and running water (at least those are a necessity for now ). Yes, bill collectors came knocking (and so did the landlord once or twice). We thought it was humorous that the Lord allowed our phone to be cut off because, miraculously- that's when the bill collectors stopped calling!
Anyway, we have many testimonies of God's provision through that time- every experience is like GOLD to us now, because we'll never have fear of having "lack" again. And yeah, we do feel qualified to encourage others who are going and who will be going through the coming harder times.
And the most important thing we learned? Get OIL! Seek the Kingdom and everything you need will be provided to you. Put aside fear, it's useless and a waste of time. When you're confronted with a major need and you see no way for its provision, BE GLAD! God is about to show you something that you really need to know. After you've confronted that "giant" and you find that the Lord is on your side the next one won't seem so fierce.
These are just a few gems I've picked up on the journey. I'll leave the thread open for others' testimonies/encouragements.
Be blessed, (and UN-afraid!)
ken
Saturday, July 19, 2008
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