Hope

hope: /hoʊp/ [hohp] – noun: to believe, desire, or trust

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Just You And Me

A new friend of mine has the most genuine smile I have ever seen. It's overwhelming and I find myself being taken over by happiness everytime I see it. It's so true and so real and so beautiful. I want him to smile all the time.
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Votre sourire est si vrai et beau. Votre coeur est juste le même.
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I went to Bible study tonight and had a really great time. It's Alpha youth and I'm sort of a leader in it - actually next Wednesday I'm running it - but today we had some great discussion. The classic question of "how do we know we're right" came up and I've come to the conclusion that, no matter what anyone else believes I know in my heart that I'm right. I wouldn't feel the amazing grace and love that I feel if I was wrong. And I know I'm right because no one else has ever died on the cross so that I could live. How is that not true? How can you even think to deny such love. How does anything else make sense? How could someone be so blind from such truth? I just can't fathom how an unbeliever lives without such hope.
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I love the passion in people to know more and the longing to go deeper into God and into the word. I love discussion and listening and seeing the excitment in their eyes and faces. It's like whenever someone talks so passionetly about Jesus their whole aura becomes energized and so alive! It's incredible.
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"Forgive them Lord for they know not what they do."
Those are the most mind shattering and awe worthy words I have ever heard (read). Even while they were crucifying Jesus, pinning Him to a cross and torturing Him with their disbelief, His love for them still cried out - that must have been the most painful part of His whole experience - watching His children turn their backs on Him.
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I challenge you to set aside a specific time of the day to spend "Just you and me" time with Jesus. I guarantee your relationship with Him and with everyone around you will get better, you'll enjoy life more and you'll realize that you don't need to stress about everything, or anything really. My favourite thing ever is the fact that He goes ahead of you. I'll never forget that. My path is always ready for me. He never forgets to take care of me. And the deeper our relationship gets, the more I feel I can rely on Him and the more I get out of life. I love it. I really really love Him.
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His Plan For Me

  • Get In To the Word and Deep In Prayer
  • Prayer Journal - To see God's amazing power through Prayer
  • Committment Journal - Record my struggles and successes to visually see progress over time
  • Personal Goals - Start doing more of the things that make me happy and save some "me" time (art, writing, reading, etc.)
  • Work - Pleasing to God, to be happy in what I do and offer my abilities whenever I can
  • Tithing and Saving - Respecting my money and using it appropriately
  • Education - Study God's word and begin thinking more about my future
  • Touch Cleansing - Relationships (family, friends, dating, God, etc.)
  • Taste Cleansing - What I eat and put into my body (food, drink, nutrition, health, etc.)
  • Smell Cleansing - Waking up and smelling the roses, appreciating small things
  • Sound Cleansing - What I listen to and hear (music, language, people, messages, truths, etc.)
  • Visual Cleansing - What I watch and see (movies, television, magazines and media, pictures, people, etc)

God's Amazing Power

In Christ Alone

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost it's grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Brought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
'Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand