lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
And love that never fails
Let mercy fall on me
When everyone needs forgiveness
Kindness of the Saviour
The Hope of the nation
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything that i believe in
Now i surrender
Shine a light in and
let the whole world see
Singing, for the glory of the risen king
Jesus, Shine a light and
let the whole world see
Singing for the glory of the risen king
Monday, April 18, 2011
-6:29 AM
GUYS!!! Okay, so here marks the first post of our Mark bible reading marathon thingy :) Mark 1: 1-20 ESTHER SAYS: The passage tells us about Jesus, who is the Son of God. He is more superior than John the Baptist and He baptises people differently- with the Holy spirit :) How would you live your life differently, knowing that we've been baptised with the Holy Spirit, that we have the authority in us given by the Son of the most High? HILARY (ME) SAYS: Few things we can learn, 1) GOD'S FAITHFULNESS Verse 2- 3 recaps what was written by Isaiah the prophet, and as you guys might have recalled from the sermon, the era of prophecies about the Messiah was FOUR HUNDRED YEARS ago. Then, a looong period of silence. And after the long period of silence, God spoke! See verse 4, "AND SO JOHN CAME". He stayed true to His word (which was given 400 years before) and sent Jesus. Reflection point; are there prayers in your life which you're still waiting and waiting for God to answer? Just like the 400 years Israel had to wait, it might be insane, and horrible, and miserable. But take heart that God is a faithful God who hears our cries, and will intervene in His own Godly timing. We don't always know know why the periods of silences might be so excruciatingly long, but God has His plan, and His plan ultimately is the best for us :) So whatever might be troubling you, continue to lift it up to Him and wait expectantly for His answer!!! 2) REPENTANCE BEFORE GOD'S ARRIVAL Verse 4 and 5 talks about John leading the multitudes to repentance; and take note this is before Jesus was even sent. Move back a couple of verses and you will see the point of all this in the phrase in verse 3 "Prepare the way for the lord". So what does preparation mean? For Israel, it meant repentance and cleansing of their sins so that when God eventually appeared, they could meet Him with with clean hands and pure hearts. For us, this means essentially the same thing- God doesn't want us to prepare for His arrival with festivities and pinatas and balloons, but He wants us to prepare ourselves by making our hearts CLEAN. BTW, official term for this cleansing is SANCTIFICATION, if i'm not wrong... Reflection point here; are we coming before God with clean hands and pure hearts? Or do we go to service jumping and praising Him after a week of being mean to people and doing other not-nice stuff thinking its all okay? So let's learn to come before God as purified beings okay everyone! Let's not gloss over our wrongdoings as things that will be forgiven by God's grace ANYWAY, but strive towards a life of purity! :) Mark 21-34 today!
