n.o.w.

It is so easy to forget that this life and all that we see will not always be here. When the Bible speaks of our lives, it refers to the sum total of our years as, "but a breath." There is a time coming soon that God the Father will wrap up this whole story we call HIStory.

Ephesians 5:15-20

¹⁵Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
¹⁶making the most of every opportunity,
because the days are evil. ¹⁷Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.
¹⁸Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. ¹⁹Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, ²⁰always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let's pray together..."Holy Spirit fill us in such a way that we are able to live in the NOW."

N - No
O - Opportunity
W - Wasted

happy day

By far the number one song request in my house is "Happy Day" by an artist named Tim Hughes. My 3 yr old son, Judah, goes absolutely wild when he hears the song....jumping...dancing...and spinning all over the living room.
The song speaks about Easter, the day we celebrate Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead.

It was a good day for all of us, but the worst day for the Son of God. The man that was totally God-forsaken,and the God that was totally man-forsaken. He hung on that cross totally alone...the only person to ever experience ultimate rejection and isolation....and yet there was a powerful picture in His mind that awful day...

"who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning it's shame..."
(Hebrews 12:2)

Happy Day (Easter) was on Jesus' mind that Good Friday. Every sick person who would receive healing because of His sacrifice were on Jesus' mind that day. All the people who would ever be set free from the bondage of sin were on Jesus' mind that day. People from every tribe, language, and nation filling heaven's banqueting table were on Jesus' mind that day. The image of a 3 year old dancing across my living room to the truth of that day, was on Jesus' mind that day and helped keep Him hanging on that old rugged cross.

Jesus made happy days possible. Happy Easter!

The price of progress

I had just come out of our Sat am prayer gathering (8-9am), sat down at my computer and couldn't help but be struck by the quote I read at the bottom of an email response from Pastor Mike:

"The self-sufficient do not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life." — Leonard Ravenhill

Very provoking, very true.

Lord teach us how to pray:)