Sorry everyone guess I'm a little slow but I just read the stuff for the seventh day cuz I'm a lil ocd...but then I should've read the one for the sixth day instead right?? ahhh hahaha....but anyway the passages were:
Matthew 4:1-11, Acts 4:23-37, Psalms 7, Genesis 18-20
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sorry im spazzing lolss...umm so I'm reading this book i got at Urbana called Reimagining Evangelism and the stuff i read today was about letting the Holy Spirit guide you and we should really be looking to do what the Spirit tells us to do, etc...so the Matthew reading was really encouraging because the Spirit led Jesus to the place where he was tempted, but then gave Jesus power to overcome. I guess this really challenges me to trust the Spirit and not worry about my inadequacies and whatnot. The last temptation was challenging too. I guess there's still a part of me that believes the world has something to offer.
more about the Spirit, our source of guidance and power in Acts 4:25,28-31
i love the part about the believers sharing stuff and being "one in heart and mind"...gahh it's so hard though
psalm 7 is my prayer...
Gen 18:10-15--about Sarah...kinda like me. I need faith that God can do crazy stuff through me and in me.
19:16-"when he hesitated..."
really encouraging. when we doubt God is still faithful.
It's cool, Gloria, that you've been very faithful in reading- nice to read your thoughts~
One thought I had- what do you think makes it hardest to share everything with other believers? For me, I would say when other "believers" (questionable in my opinion) feel that they are *Entitled* to my possessions. I do have an inclination to share my resources, but I don't think Biblically-based Christians can just skirt all social etiquette. Sounds obvious but sometimes I doubt- which I why I would choose to doubt that they are truly "believers" (at least at the time of the action).
I feel like recently, I've rarely been sitting at home for a substantial portion of the daytime, so I haven't blogged in any context. However, I resolve to debut sometime within the next 30 hours, in some regard. This is a pretty exciting endeavor, y'all. Let's see where God takes us!
i guess i feel that i'm entitled to MY stuff =T
Haha I had to FIND for this day, because it was missing in the newer posts. But im just reading it now, and yeah AGAIN, I need God to be central and miracolous in my life again, I want to be reminded daily about Him as a force that is able to destroy a city but also to bring new life into a 90 year old woman. He is simply amazing!
It's crazy in Matthew that Satan uses his knowledge of scripture to tempt Jesus, and Jesus uses his greater understanding of scripture for strength to resist Satan. Hopefully through reading more of God's word, I will be able to obtain new strength through my understanding of Him to resist the temptations of the world.
I also wonder what it is that keep us from being united, as the disciples were in Acts. So I asked, what does it take to be of one heart and of one soul and to have all things in common? I think that it takes all believers to collectively show patience, understanding, selflessness, loving one another, and seeing one another through God's loving eyes. I'm sure it takes a lot more than that, still. It's super hard, but I think that to be able to see even a glimpse of this unity (which I think I was able to taste a tiny bit of during Urbana :D) is something truly beautiful. I can't wait to see more of it in my life, and the completion of it in heaven. :)
Gloria, I also struggle a lot with being like Sarah. There are so many times when I can see only my own inadequacies and say "no" and "I can't" to God's commands. But everytime I do this I am like Sarah, who laughs at the Lord.
I find that I am also like Lot's wife, and very often, look back at all that I left behind (or still struggle to leave behind) when I decided to follow Jesus. But when we do decide to follow him, we must turn away from the world completely, without any regrets. Hopefully, I will learn to stop looking back at what the world has to offer me, and only look forward to the treasures of heaven, and the infinitely greater things that God offers me.
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