January 14, 2010
So far I have read 50 chapters of the Bible in 4 days as we are going through the Bible in 90 days.
Here are some thoughts about Joseph:
The pit is not your potential – Don’t get used to it.
When your down – God is usually up to something
Dreams never die – Dreamers do
Ephesians 2:10 says this: For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
I love that phrase: in advance. What an awesome thought. God is already in your future. He is setting you up. He is preparing the way.
This was Josephs outlook on life:
Genesis 45:5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you.
Genesis 45:8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.
Remember, God has a specific plan for your life. Don’t focus on the pit or the prison. FOCUS ON GOD!
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January 13, 2010
Some toughs about Tamar in Genesis 38.
In Matthew she is mentioned in the Genealogy of Jesus, that’s quite interesting especially if you read the “messed up” story in chapter 38.
Do you think that she thought her life was a failure. Not what she had expected or dreamt about. Her life was not what she had planned or expected. But she had a son, that had a son, that had a son, that had a son – THE SON OF GOD
Sometimes we need that bigger perspective, a “generational perspective”!
1. God’s plan is bigger than your past mistakes
2) You and I can be part of His genealogy
John 1:12
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
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January 11, 2010
Genesis chapter 4 tells us how God put a “mark” on Cain. The result of that was that no one could kill him. Here is my question “who has marked you”? The bible says in Ephesians 3:13-14 “..having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit”.
There are people today who are marked by defeat, loneliness, low self esteem, marked by sickness or a belief that they are just ordinary, normal people. If you are a believer you are carrying His mark, and his favor.
Think about this, if God could put a mark of protection on Cain that had messed up, killed his brother, what do you think His mark on YOU, his chosen, child, ambassador will do. I’m just asking!
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January 7, 2010
At Vision Church Miami we are starting this new Decade and new year Navy Seal style! It’s time to get radical and shake some things up so we are going to implement B90X - the Bible in 90 days.
So, starting Monday January 11th, myself + many others are starting this 90 day journey together. It’s not just the fact that we are reading but there will also be encouragement, accountability to help you stay on track!
I first heard about the idea last fall as Elevation Church led by their pastor Steven Furtick did this so I thought it would be a great way to start a new year and decade.
Now, just one small note, as tough as this might seam it’s very doable. It’s a matter of time, dedication and perhaps some re-prioritizing. I actually read the entire Bible in 30 days once……. I guess that would be called B30X?
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January 2, 2010
There is a really interesting verse in Judges 8:27 it says “Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.”
Earlier in this chapter in verse 22 the Israelites had asked Gideon to become their King but he had declined. He only made a small request, to have some of the plunder. The request of the people to have Gideon as their king show that they did not acknowledge that it was in fact GOD that had given them the favor and the victory. Gideon turn down their offer to make him King but, by his request he will live like one.
Gideon also made this ephod of Gold, to us that does not seem like a bid deal but, Exodus 28 tells us that this was only for the priest. To make the ephod was not Gideon’s business! What Gideon had made was in reality an IDOL!
Who is KING? It’s easy to say that we are not but, sometimes we act like we are. We take and receive the praise for what God had done. Can you trust GOD as KING for your life? Are you building YOUR kingdom or HIS?
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January 1, 2010
Change your thinking. Get beyond the barriers of the past and start expecting God to do great things in your life. In this new year and in this new decade what is going to change in your life? What do you need to stop doing and start doing. Is there anything that you need to do less or more?
Years ago people used to put wine in wineskins instead of bottles. As those skins aged they would harden and loose it’s flexibility. Because of that no one would pour new wine in an old wineskin, simply because of the fact that they would burst. Jesus talks about this in Luke 5:37-39.
What in your life is like an old wineskin? Do you have room if your life so that God can expand and so that God can pour more of Himself into you and your life? Perhaps you need to enlarge your vision and your thinking. Perhaps this is a season and the beginning of something new in your life!
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December 29, 2009
Here is a simple question for you to think about “What thing in your life right now requires faith?”. At one point in my life the answer to that question would have been NOTHING. If we never do anything that requires faith do we really need God? Hebrews 11:6 says that without faith it’s impossible to please God..
Could it be God’s will that you do nothing that requires faith? I don’t think so!
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December 18, 2009
Sunday December 20th @ Vision Church Miami. There is no Christmas if you eliminate Christ. Think about it, we even base our calendar on the birth of Jesus! We have lots of special things going on this Sunday and I don’t want to give everything away but, here are just a few:
* MESSAGE – You will hear a message that I know will impact your life!
* MUSIC – Come and enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas
* FOOD – Need I say more
* GIFTS – If you been in Church fore the last weeks you know that we have progressively giving away more and more EXPENSIVE gifts……
* We are singing “Feliz Navidad”………
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