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May 16 2013
Apr 03 2013
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You are far too beautiful to love me…
I am far too poor for You to love me…
Heaven knows I am prone to leave the only God I should’ve love, but You are far too beautiful to leave me.
#theohhellos #inmemoriam
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2013 A.Life Retreat Easter Promo from Jarred McGriff on Vimeo.
Easter promo I put together for the A.Life college ministry
ALife Retreat coming up!!!
Mar 27 2013
Consider Not…
Romans 4:19 And not being weak in faith, [Abraham] did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb, He did not waiver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
I have been reading Romans for about a week now and I’ve been taking it very slowly. There’s so much that we miss when we are not really searching through the Scriptures but merely trying to skim the surface of knowledge so we can get our “daily bread”. (Guilty of this myself)
But reading this today sent a cry out from my Spirit. When I think of Abraham and this one line… “He did not consider his own body.” This hundred year old man receives a promise from God back in Genesis 15. In short, that nations shall come out of him, he shall have descendants as numerous as the stars, that Sarah his wife shall bear a son in the next year. Abraham, upon hearing this actually laughs and says something like, “For real God?! That don’t make no kinda sense. I’m extremely old and Sarah? Let’s just say her womb is all dried up. Ain’t nothing coming out of there!” (The Message Bible… Lol nah just playing).
It took a little convincing but God reassured Abraham of this promise and Abraham believed Him, giving glory to God until the day He came to see part of the promise fulfilled through his son Isaac.
But my favorite part in all this was that after God had reassured Abraham of the promise, it says that Abraham considered not the deadness of His own body or that of Sarah’s womb. Abraham refused to even consider the obstacles that confronted the promise of God. it says earlier in the chapter that Abraham knew of the God that He served… “God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did..”
Abraham did not consider the obstacles but KNOWING the God that He served, Abraham believed that God was able to perform the promise that He made.
It made me think of what God has promised me and how many different obstacles stand in the way of it; and how many of these things I consider everyday that eat away at my faith. When I reflect on this thought alone, it says a couple of things about me…
First, When I consider the obstacles over the promise of the God that I serve, I am calling God a liar. I am demeaning His power and authority over my life. I am not walking in faith that my God is able to do what He says He will. How then can I be a testimony to others?
Secondly, I do not KNOW the God that I serve. This may seem a bit harsh but there’s a difference between knowing God and KNOWING God. This only comes with spending time in His presence daily and allowing Him to show Himself to you as He is.
I want to come to the point where I am fully convinced of the God that I serve; where I can consider not the school loans, consider not. the low paying job, consider not my age, consider not the problems in my family and consider not all the other obstacles that stand in the way and say IF GOD HAS SAID IT, IT WILL BE DONE BECAUSE I SERVE A GOD WHO GIVES LIFE TO DEAD THINGS AND CALLS THOSE THINGS WHICH DO NOT EXIST AS THOUGH THEY DID.
And perhaps there will never be a point in time where this change occurs but a transformation over time from faith to faith and glory to glory, where the testing of my faith produces an even greater faith in me. But all I know is that I am going to press further into God.
Be strong in your faith. Consider not the obstacles. Know the God you serve.
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A.LIFE RUTGERS CAMPUS: A.Life Campus Ministry’s 2013 RetreatA.Life Campus Ministry’s 2013 Retreat
Theme: Deepening Relationships
Dates:
Leaving on Thursday evening, April 25th, Returning on Sunday morning, April 28th
Location:
Young Life Lake Champion Camp
247 Mohican Lake Rd.
Glen Spey, NY 12737
ALife retreat is coming up!! #alife #retreat #getaway #jesus #fellowship
#goodtimes #worship
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Sometimes you just need a little get-away. (AKA minivacation) I find myself always going to the most random places for short vacations. Nothing exotic, but I alway have an amazing time.
This weekend it’a Virginia Beach… in the winter! :)
A good friend of mine has to go for an interview tomorrow so we decided to make a trip of it. Can’t tell you how much I enjoy trips like this to get away, clear the mind and hang with the girls.
This Valentine’s Day we’re on a mission to meet as many random people as possible and spread some love. So far we have met one older gentleman at Dunkin Donuts that blessed my life with his story. He spoke us of how he lived in a tiny studio apartment without lights. He was a craftsman so he built something to hold candles around his apartment instead. He was determined to live as simply as possible. He said, “I try to live with as little as possible. Not with little knowledge… with knowledge i am open to anything, the good and the bad. But materialistic things? Eh. I don’t need all that.”
Live simply. Took that leason to heart. You never know who you will meet or who God will speak through. :)
Wishing you beautifully random moments today!
Janet 😘
