The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. 28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath. Deuteronomy 4:27
The Lord has called many of us. Whether to reach out to the nations, cities, or even the corner of our own streets. Here in this scripture Moses is telling the people of Israel that The Lord our God will spread us out in the nations and only a few of us will survive. Why is this? Like I said, many of us are called and yet many of us are disobedient . What will it take for us to quit messing around? To quit acting as though time is in our hands instead of Gods? There is a big difference between abandonment and discipline. God has placed us here for a reason. To be more obedient and more focused on Him and the calling He placed on us. At the beginning of verse nine, here it reads, “BUT if from there you seek the LORD your God...” Meaning, we must seek God in the midst of whatever we are going through. By doing so with all our hearts and all our souls we will indeed find Him. God has been the same since the beginning and has been in the same place since the beginning. It is what we do that draws us away from Him. We tend to be disobedient and end up where we are. But knowing that we can seek God through the midst of our own mess, He will shed His mercy once again and lead us back to His arms where we belong.
Understand that time is passing us by. What are we doing as it does. It's time to break out of our shell that we've made. Comfort does not come in a shell, but in the arms of a Father. Our comfort should be the satisfaction of spreading the Gospel to a world which is lost and in need of the only Savior, Jesus Christ. Take this divine opportunity to make and be a part of a monumental change in our world. Reach out in your community and share the goodness of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Invite them to your church and let them experience the wonderful presence of our God. Keep in touch and pray for one another. Plant a seed a watch it grow! God bless!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Starting Somewhere
And you will make a new start, listening obediently to God, keeping all his commandments that I'm commanding you today. God, your God, will outdo himself in making things go well for you. Deuteronomy 30:8
I believe that God has a purpose for each and every one of us. It says so in Jeremiah 29:11. And walking in the purpose God has for us, we will prosper in everything we do. We are in a time where we must call on the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ! Who else will come to our rescue? The world has excluded God and it's time to bring Him back. It's time to raise His chosen ones and send them throughout the nations sharing the Gospel. This is what I'm doing!
Throughout my life so far people in the church have spoken of me being a pastor. I believed it and sought the meaning of being a pastor in the church. Around the age of 15 I sang once song in church. I loved it! I asked my pastor every now and then if I could sing a song, he'd approved and I did it. It wasn't singing that I loved, but having to encourage the congregation to clap and lift their hands was really awesome! Telling them to lift their voice and loose themselves to the Savior was really cool! That's when it hit me that worship leading was my calling! Age 17 I moved to another church here in Dallas and the first time I went in, I was lost because I didn't know anyone. As the praise and worship was going on, a song came on, One Way from Hillsong. I lost it and went crazy jumping and yelling out the song. After service people were talking to my mom about being surprised that my first day in the church I was praising. A few weeks attending, the pastor asked me to lead worship Sunday nights and I did. With no shame in my game, I went crazy again worshipping and encouraging the congregation to get radical for Jesus!
Up to this point in my life, 18 years old, I have a desire to spread praise and worship all around the world to people who are in need of something new and refreshing to their souls. I want the broken people to know that there is still a God! I do not only want encourage them to worship, but to speak over their lives, pray healing in there bodies, and relate to the hardship of life. I want God to use me to bring transformation and restoration to His children! I will share my moments of ministry with you so you may see the power of God changing the lives of His people. My name is Paul and I'm not called to reach out, I'm chosen!
I believe that God has a purpose for each and every one of us. It says so in Jeremiah 29:11. And walking in the purpose God has for us, we will prosper in everything we do. We are in a time where we must call on the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ! Who else will come to our rescue? The world has excluded God and it's time to bring Him back. It's time to raise His chosen ones and send them throughout the nations sharing the Gospel. This is what I'm doing!
Throughout my life so far people in the church have spoken of me being a pastor. I believed it and sought the meaning of being a pastor in the church. Around the age of 15 I sang once song in church. I loved it! I asked my pastor every now and then if I could sing a song, he'd approved and I did it. It wasn't singing that I loved, but having to encourage the congregation to clap and lift their hands was really awesome! Telling them to lift their voice and loose themselves to the Savior was really cool! That's when it hit me that worship leading was my calling! Age 17 I moved to another church here in Dallas and the first time I went in, I was lost because I didn't know anyone. As the praise and worship was going on, a song came on, One Way from Hillsong. I lost it and went crazy jumping and yelling out the song. After service people were talking to my mom about being surprised that my first day in the church I was praising. A few weeks attending, the pastor asked me to lead worship Sunday nights and I did. With no shame in my game, I went crazy again worshipping and encouraging the congregation to get radical for Jesus!
Up to this point in my life, 18 years old, I have a desire to spread praise and worship all around the world to people who are in need of something new and refreshing to their souls. I want the broken people to know that there is still a God! I do not only want encourage them to worship, but to speak over their lives, pray healing in there bodies, and relate to the hardship of life. I want God to use me to bring transformation and restoration to His children! I will share my moments of ministry with you so you may see the power of God changing the lives of His people. My name is Paul and I'm not called to reach out, I'm chosen!
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