April 2009 Archives

Crave, yearn, thirst, hunger, ache, itch, desire...

i want to know what it means to CRAVE... to YEARN... to be desperate for...

i want these words and the life that follows these words to describe my pursuit of the cross...

Do these words that describe your pursuit of jesus?

What if you knew that this is how he feels about you?

Jesus isnt afraid of your past or your current situation... Hes not afraid of your fears, your doubts, your questions. Our empty pursuits to satisfy have left us wanting... But what if there was something more?

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Q: how will you... how will i live in response to the gospel?

a response (according to dictionary.com) is an answer or reply, as in words or in some action.

in biology a response is any behavior of a living organism that results from an external or an internal stimulus.

if the stimulus in our lives is the gospel... what is our response?

holiness and obedience will always work together... we cannot separate the two. by its very nature holiness and obedience HAVE TO alter our behavior. behavior will morph as our connection with the stimulus, the gospel becomes nearer. connection is central to initiating identity shift.

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every year we try to be aware and make others more aware of social opportunities and injustices that are happening around the world and locally here in st louis... the homeless stats continue to rise every year and clothing and food are always in need. every year we spend an evening outside in cardboard boxes to show our support, raise awareness but to also collect clothing and food items.

night of homelessness
april 24th - 25th
7pm - 7am

do our hearts truly DESIRE obedience?

"the impulse to pursue god originates with god, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after him." a.w. tozer 1948

jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

at some point in the maturation process of becoming who we were meant to be we MUST move. there is no neutral in following jesus... we are either dying or growing but never stalled. if we love we will obey!

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a buddy of mine told me about this organization that is fighting human trafficking and the sex slave trafficking that continues to grow over international borders...

Every girl deserves to dream. Every girl deserves hope. Every girl deserves to love and to be loved. Every girl deserves to dance. When she dances she is alive... when she dances she is free. She's free to live, to laugh, to love. She's free in her heart... she's free in her spirit. Hope moves within her... beauty finds her. She Dances.

Our first She Dances project, Hope in Honduras, represents the freedom and hope that girls in Honduras deserve. Honduras is located in the center of the "trafficking route" and because of poverty and lack of education, women and children in Honduras are very vulnerable to exploitation. Freedom is being taken from girls every day...

check it out shedances.org

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(a conversation on holiness)