"And as my very essence is a verb," she continued, "I am more attuned to verbs than nouns. Verbs such as confessing, repenting, living, loving, responding, growing, reaping, changing, sowing, running, dancing, singing, and on and on. Humans, on the other hand, have a knack for taking a verb that is alive and full of grace and turning it into a dead noun or principle that reeks of rules: something growing and alive dies. Nouns exist because there is a created universe and physical reality, but if the universe is only a mass of nouns, it is dead. Unless 'I am', there are no verbs, and vertbs are what makes the universe alive."
---excerpted, The Shack, WM. Paul Young
Saturday, October 31, 2009
nouns and verbs.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
goodness.
"Mack, just because I work incredible good out of unspeakable tragedies doesn't mean I orchestrate the tragedies. Don't ever assume that my using something means I caused it or that I need it to accomplish my purposes. That will only lead you to false notions about me. Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors."---excerpt, The Shack, WM Paul Young.
Monday, October 26, 2009
belief.
and there it was again. wow what confirmation on Sunday, after a great time spent in the word on Saturday.
Abraham believed God--and he became the father of many nations.
Smith Wigglesworth believed God--and he raised more than 14 people from the dead.
The Roman Centurion believed God--that God's spoken word was enough for his servant.
Simon Peter believed God--and he caught fish.
haha! it just blew my mind away! becos God can do anything! and He will do everything GOOD! Rev Col Stringer also spoke about the awakening that he feels we're on the brink of--i can't wait. God is so gracious though, to not impose His views on those who choose not to believe He can do things that are out of this world--i need to be like that. He gave us free choice. and i really should honor that, too. : )
Abraham believed God--and he became the father of many nations.
Smith Wigglesworth believed God--and he raised more than 14 people from the dead.
The Roman Centurion believed God--that God's spoken word was enough for his servant.
Simon Peter believed God--and he caught fish.
haha! it just blew my mind away! becos God can do anything! and He will do everything GOOD! Rev Col Stringer also spoke about the awakening that he feels we're on the brink of--i can't wait. God is so gracious though, to not impose His views on those who choose not to believe He can do things that are out of this world--i need to be like that. He gave us free choice. and i really should honor that, too. : )
Saturday, October 24, 2009
love.
I feel like, the love revolution is on the brink of breaking out all over the globe. Maybe it already has. : )
2 love projects spontaneously conceived at 2 different places at about the same time. Singapore, and Melbourne. Project Love, Just Because, and Project: Share The Love. Reminded me of the crazy things the Dreamcenter does back in LA. We've received radical grace. now it's time to impart radical love.
I don't know how. Only You do.
Oh and MatthewBarnett's coming to town! : )
who's with me.
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"you can keep on looking but I think I've found it..."
Press Play - Break It Out
2 love projects spontaneously conceived at 2 different places at about the same time. Singapore, and Melbourne. Project Love, Just Because, and Project: Share The Love. Reminded me of the crazy things the Dreamcenter does back in LA. We've received radical grace. now it's time to impart radical love.
I don't know how. Only You do.
Oh and MatthewBarnett's coming to town! : )
who's with me.
*
"you can keep on looking but I think I've found it..."
Press Play - Break It Out
Sunday, October 18, 2009
heart.
1 Kings 3:9 So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?"
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in need of direction.
sorry.
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in need of direction.
sorry.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Heaven's Priority.
Please to listen to this: http://www.ibethelmedia4.org/sotw/files/heavens_priority_92009_11_00am_96.mp3
I can't say it any better.
Show the love of Christ.
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Matt 12: 30"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
I can't say it any better.
Show the love of Christ.
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Matt 12: 30"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.
Friday, October 02, 2009
this way and that.
Numbers
21 But Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!' 22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?"
23 The LORD answered Moses, "Is the LORD's arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you."
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Personal experiences are often used as references to what should/should not happen; what should/should not be done. It's sad but true--that we dimensionalize God that way. We believe that He should work this way, and no other. Until He throws a curveball answer to your prayer.
I've been thinking about this for some time now, thought i'd take some time to pen down my thoughts. It's tough--even the great healing evangelist Benny Hinn has been maligned for dabbling in sorcery when all he did was to cast a demon out of a woman, albeit forcefully. Just because you haven't seen a demon cast out in this way before doesn't mean it's all a hoax. In the same way, if you haven't seen the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit, it doesn't mean that He isn't real. The Holy Spirit inside of us will separate the meat from the bones. He is closer to us than we think. And He doesn't humiliate. He's pure love.
Don't dimensionalize Him. How do you limit someone who's limitless? it's mind-boggling.
William Seymour prophesied a greater awakening a 100 years from 1909. A greater awakening as compared to the Azusa Street revival. A revival with greater creative miracles and a greater outpouring of love? I can't wait. : )
21 But Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!' 22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?"
23 The LORD answered Moses, "Is the LORD's arm too short? You will now see whether or not what I say will come true for you."
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Personal experiences are often used as references to what should/should not happen; what should/should not be done. It's sad but true--that we dimensionalize God that way. We believe that He should work this way, and no other. Until He throws a curveball answer to your prayer.
I've been thinking about this for some time now, thought i'd take some time to pen down my thoughts. It's tough--even the great healing evangelist Benny Hinn has been maligned for dabbling in sorcery when all he did was to cast a demon out of a woman, albeit forcefully. Just because you haven't seen a demon cast out in this way before doesn't mean it's all a hoax. In the same way, if you haven't seen the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit, it doesn't mean that He isn't real. The Holy Spirit inside of us will separate the meat from the bones. He is closer to us than we think. And He doesn't humiliate. He's pure love.
Don't dimensionalize Him. How do you limit someone who's limitless? it's mind-boggling.
William Seymour prophesied a greater awakening a 100 years from 1909. A greater awakening as compared to the Azusa Street revival. A revival with greater creative miracles and a greater outpouring of love? I can't wait. : )
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