It has been said that God will not put us through more than we can handle. The Scripture that people are taking a stab at to back that up is found in 1st Corinthians 10:13 which says "No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it." The key word in this passage is "temptation". No where in the passage does it say God will not take you past what you are able to handle. This is specifically in context talking about temptation not circumstances.
When it all comes down, there may and most likely will be times in our lives that God pushes us to the point of utter exhaustion. Why? Simple! So we realize it is He that we live, move, and breathe in. Without mistake, His strength is made perfect in our weakness. We become strong only through His strength.
Ah, but alas, He truly wants to give us that strength to overcome. Let go to hold on to the very strength of God. It is only in letting go that we find He is the Rope that will hold us.
Have a great week.
pb
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
O is for Offering
Offering sacrificial praises with our voices and instruments to glorify Jesus (Hebrews 13:15)
As we sang yesterday with the congregation..."on my lips there's a shout of praise". Scripture puts it like this, "that the fruit of my lips offer up a sacrifice of praise."
Sometimes we are so overwhelmed with His love that it is not a huge sacrifice to lift our voices up in energetic praise to our Savior and Lord. There are other times that we would rather not sing a word. Being the extremely deep emotional person that God made me, I have to constantly keep those emotions in check when the negative things of this world hit me. If I let it, my emotions could absolutely shut me down. I know I am not alone in this. There are many of you that feel the same things. But it is those times where the sacrifice of praise comes to our lips. No matter how we feel (or even if we like or dislike the song or style of the song) the sacrifice of praise that is on our lips can be pleasing to God.
It is in these hard times where our trust in the Lord pushes us through and we sing loudly and boldly to the Lord.
Have a great day.
pb
As we sang yesterday with the congregation..."on my lips there's a shout of praise". Scripture puts it like this, "that the fruit of my lips offer up a sacrifice of praise."
Sometimes we are so overwhelmed with His love that it is not a huge sacrifice to lift our voices up in energetic praise to our Savior and Lord. There are other times that we would rather not sing a word. Being the extremely deep emotional person that God made me, I have to constantly keep those emotions in check when the negative things of this world hit me. If I let it, my emotions could absolutely shut me down. I know I am not alone in this. There are many of you that feel the same things. But it is those times where the sacrifice of praise comes to our lips. No matter how we feel (or even if we like or dislike the song or style of the song) the sacrifice of praise that is on our lips can be pleasing to God.
It is in these hard times where our trust in the Lord pushes us through and we sing loudly and boldly to the Lord.
Have a great day.
pb
Monday, October 12, 2009
Our Mission
Wedgworship is committed as a team to EXALT CHRIST and to lead others to EXPERIENCE CHRIST.
Even though the method statement specifically emphasises others, it is inevitable that as we exalt Christ we will experience His presence also. In experiencing Him personally aids in other's experience of Him.
This week I want to focus on "L" of the mission statement. Lifting up Jesus! Scripture says in John 12:32 that if we lift Jesus up from this earth, He would draw all men to Him. Breaking this verse down we see that it is not a particular song, style, advertisement, presentation, or production. It is based on the heart of lifting Him up. The second part of the verse is an interesting phrase. He said that He would draw "all" to Him if He be lifted up. So we have to look and see if that is being done. As Pastor says quite often in so many ways, God does His part, but we must do our part. God is calling Wedgworship to go deeper into our motives of why we do what we do. He is asking us to make sure our heart is focused on Him and Him alone every time we step out on that platform. The great part is that when one puts the whole verse together and in context of John 12, we see a promise that it is God who will grow His kingdom. He is the One responsible for the growth. Our responsibility is to lift.
I hope that this encourages us to do just that.
Love you,
pb
Even though the method statement specifically emphasises others, it is inevitable that as we exalt Christ we will experience His presence also. In experiencing Him personally aids in other's experience of Him.
This week I want to focus on "L" of the mission statement. Lifting up Jesus! Scripture says in John 12:32 that if we lift Jesus up from this earth, He would draw all men to Him. Breaking this verse down we see that it is not a particular song, style, advertisement, presentation, or production. It is based on the heart of lifting Him up. The second part of the verse is an interesting phrase. He said that He would draw "all" to Him if He be lifted up. So we have to look and see if that is being done. As Pastor says quite often in so many ways, God does His part, but we must do our part. God is calling Wedgworship to go deeper into our motives of why we do what we do. He is asking us to make sure our heart is focused on Him and Him alone every time we step out on that platform. The great part is that when one puts the whole verse together and in context of John 12, we see a promise that it is God who will grow His kingdom. He is the One responsible for the growth. Our responsibility is to lift.
I hope that this encourages us to do just that.
Love you,
pb
Monday, October 5, 2009
Confession
Good morning,
I hope this finds you doing well. I have a confession to make. I had such a great time this past week living in basically a fantasy world. It was a world of being waited on hand and foot, pampered beyond anything normal, and entertained beyond my wildest imagination. Who would not want to live in that world? Who would not want to live a life of ease and relaxation without demands of life?
But reality set in the moment I got back to Texas.
Wait though! Isn't that what we are called too? Aren't we told that in this life we would have these things...but oh yeah..."Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world." What a great promise. We are overcomers in this life...not just the life when we reach heaven's doors.
So reality? Yeah it is filled with struggles. It is filled with stepping up to the plate even if we don't want too. It is filled with "doing the right thing" because it is the "right thing." It involves in pushing through to victory time and time and time again. It comes down to one word... "trust" in our heavenly Father that says He will never leave us or forsake us.
He is the love of life that gives us victory in the "real world."
Love you,
pb
I hope this finds you doing well. I have a confession to make. I had such a great time this past week living in basically a fantasy world. It was a world of being waited on hand and foot, pampered beyond anything normal, and entertained beyond my wildest imagination. Who would not want to live in that world? Who would not want to live a life of ease and relaxation without demands of life?
But reality set in the moment I got back to Texas.
Wait though! Isn't that what we are called too? Aren't we told that in this life we would have these things...but oh yeah..."Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world." What a great promise. We are overcomers in this life...not just the life when we reach heaven's doors.
So reality? Yeah it is filled with struggles. It is filled with stepping up to the plate even if we don't want too. It is filled with "doing the right thing" because it is the "right thing." It involves in pushing through to victory time and time and time again. It comes down to one word... "trust" in our heavenly Father that says He will never leave us or forsake us.
He is the love of life that gives us victory in the "real world."
Love you,
pb
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