Thursday, November 10, 2011

WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG?

Have you ever help your mom or someone else bake a cake?  Well you actually help them mix the ingredients and the instruct you as to what and how much to put into the mix.

Then once that is done you put it in the oven and wait. (Or in my case, lick the mixing bowl and utensils :-) )

When the smell of the cake permeates the kitchen time seems to slow down. 

Every minute becomes an eternity. 

"IS IT READY YET?!"

What about life issues?  Is there something you've been waiting on God to fix and you just have to ask;

                     "LORD WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG?"

Read the word in Deuteronomy 8

8:1
All the commandments which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers. 

8:2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

8:3 And he humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.   (KJ2000 - sent from CadreBible)

FOUR THINGS TO CONSIDER IN AN "ARE WE THERE YET LORD" SITUATION.

8:1- God will do as promised
8:2- God is testing you commitment
8:3- He Humbling you (ARE YOU THERE YET?)
8:3- God is teaching you how to truly live.

Pleas study and see for yourself how God can stretch the wait time for our benefit.  Don't give up in the process...WAIT I SAY, ON THE LORD.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Understanding Rebuke

From my friend Anetria (LWFC represent! LOL)

To rebuke does not mean to point out every sin we see; it means to bring sin to a person's attention with the purpose of restoring him or her to God and to fellow humans.

When you feel you must rebuke another Christian for a sin, check your attitudes before you speak.

Do you love the person?

Are you willing to forgive?

Unless rebuke is tied to forgiveness, it will not help the sinning person. (Luke 17:3-4)

[great word!]

REMEMBER...GOD GIVES US EYES TO SEE THINGS OUR PEERS (notice I said peers) DON'T SEE IN THEIR OWN LIVES SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM GROW CLOSER TO GOD.

The minute we forget we are all peers is the moment we begin sinning ourselves and need someone to CHECK us.