As I was studying this morning, I came across an idea that is often overlooked…when we think about the term “submission” we think about wives submitting to their husbands HOWEVER, I first have to submit to Jesus…Although the bible says the husband is head of the wife, it says that Jesus is head of the man…The whole “submission” thing must be seen in my life before I can really be head over my wife and family…Don’t know if any of that makes sense but hey, that’s why it’s my journal…makes sense to me!
Archive for Worship
Are we attacked?
I mentioned to my student worship leaders two days ago about the idea of experiencing spiritual attacks…I simply made the statement that if they weren’t feeling attacked spiritually, maybe they aren’t moving forward in their spiritual journey or aren’t making gains for the kingdom…That idea applies to all of us actually…While the attacks suck, it reminds me that I moving the way Jesus is calling me to move and it lets me know that Satan is pissed off about it!
Pretty Cool Sunday Night
On Sunday Night I had the privilege of baptizing 4 of my students…It never gets old watching people exchange ordinary for extraordinary in their life journey! I’m very proud of these kids and excited about watching how God will continue to use them to transform our city!
-Greater Things-
Brian
Core Habits
I’ve been talking with my students about core habits….not specifically core habits for a christian, just core habits for people…I’m pumped about what we are talking about tonight! This is something that we all have to have; otherwise the burden is to much for us to carry.
Captivating Thoughts
I’m gripped right now by a phrase Tomlin sings off his new album, Hello Love…
“I will rise when HE calls my name.“
That’s something serious to sing out…that can’t be something that isnt’ true, something that isn’t genuine, or something that isn’t sincere…We have to mean that…I will rise, when He calls my name. As I was singing along a little bit ago, I started to ask myself….Will I really? Will I really rise up when HE calls my name like this person, or this person, or this person? Will I really step up and do it right away? The moment he calls my name step out, to make a move, to do something radical….will I do it? I think I can honestly say right now, yes…It’s a weird feeling to think that I can say yes to that question but I’m wrestling with some stuff right now that I’m actually OK with..I’m actually comfortable with…that I’m actually excited about possibly doing…
So, will you rise when (and he will) calls your name?
-Greater Things-
brian
Do Something Crazy
I’ve been talking with my students about the idea of taking a risk…we’ve looked at some folks in the bible that took risks and how it paid off for them…I’m trying to get them to see that taking a God directed risk is necessary if we are going to reach those disconnected from him…Risks come in different forms for different people…but, if God calls us to take a step, we must take it…..It’s funny a year ago, I was nervous about doing something that I thought God was calling me to do…Now, I feel like charging Hell with a water gun and screaming once I reach the other side, “thank you sir, may I have another.”
I’m pretty much just pumped up right now and ready to throw down with the devil!
Easier Said than done
Moses delivered a few sentences that are easy to say, yet much harder to live out.
Shortest Route
I was drawn to this idea a couple of years ago and have really held on to it…God is leading his people….he isn’t taking them on the shortest, most direct route, but he is still leading them. Here’s what I take away from it…
-God knew that if he took them on the shortest route, they would encounter hardship–he knew if they encountered those hardships, they would turn back.
-God was still working on them–they weren’t ready to face what was to come yet–God was still preparing them for what was in store–That’s why we have different seasons in our life..some short lived, some a little longer…but God needs that time to prepare us for what’s ahead.
Has God ever been leading you somewhere? to do something? to make a decision? but you felt like it was taking forever to finally reach the finish line…maybe he is taking this extra time to prepare you for whats ahead..so, my advice, get ready….cause greater things are still to be done!
When we win, AND when we lose
That is a piece of a line from the movie, Facing The Giants. I was reminded of this idea of praising God when we win (times are good) and when we lose (when life kinda sucks) when I was reading about Pharaoh here. Pharaoh had finally decided to soften his heart to God because he had finally decided things were going bad enough to obey God…Just a short time later, when he felt like things were coming back under control; he took the reigns back and began to screw stuff up again…
Bottom line, we can’t only seek God in the tough stuff, we’ve got to praise HIM in the good times too!
