Judas sold Jesus out for 30 silver coins. Matthew 26:14-16
What's He worth to you? How much are you willing to sell Him for? Are you holding out for 40 silver coins? An 'A' in that impossible class? A date with that fine young man across the room?
You can't be bought?
What if your life is on the line? Life or death. Will you sell Him out for your life?
For me, Jesus, my Savior, is priceless. You can't buy me out. He is the best thing I have. The best I could ever want.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
From the Inside Out
It's been a while since I've had anything I've really felt like sharing (or I should say typing up for me to remember, sharing would involve someone else reading this).
"From the inside out" When we love Jesus from the inside then it will show show outwardly. When we truly give Him our all and love Him inwardly we can't help but let his love show through us in our actions and words. However, we can love Him outwardly with their being nothing going on inwardly. How easy it is to say we love Him. To do good deeds, to go to church, etc., but have no real love, no real relationship with Christ. I know all too well how easy that can be. Love Him from the inside out.
On another quick note. Before TNT I had bits of a song stuck in my head but didn't really know the song. I really wanted to find this song. So I did a quick search and had no trouble finding it. Then at TNT we sang it! I was like wow God! "I can't lift my hands high enough". I'm not one to look around during worship but at the line, I can't lift my hands high enough, seeing all the hands lifted in the air to God was just so amazing. It was one of those times when I just had to stop and watch. Worship through seeing others around me worship. I remember the first time I experienced something like this. It was at Student Life camp in 2006. Aaron Keyes, "Not What My Hands Have Done." Tucker was in front of me and seeing his passion in his worship. The chorus of the song: "these guilty hands are raised filthy rags are all I bring, and i have come to hide beneath your wings. these holy hands are raised, washed in the fountain of your grace, and now I wear your righteousness." Such a great song. Seeing these other people worship brings a quote I like from the intro of Blue Like Jazz to mind,"Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way."
"From the inside out" When we love Jesus from the inside then it will show show outwardly. When we truly give Him our all and love Him inwardly we can't help but let his love show through us in our actions and words. However, we can love Him outwardly with their being nothing going on inwardly. How easy it is to say we love Him. To do good deeds, to go to church, etc., but have no real love, no real relationship with Christ. I know all too well how easy that can be. Love Him from the inside out.
On another quick note. Before TNT I had bits of a song stuck in my head but didn't really know the song. I really wanted to find this song. So I did a quick search and had no trouble finding it. Then at TNT we sang it! I was like wow God! "I can't lift my hands high enough". I'm not one to look around during worship but at the line, I can't lift my hands high enough, seeing all the hands lifted in the air to God was just so amazing. It was one of those times when I just had to stop and watch. Worship through seeing others around me worship. I remember the first time I experienced something like this. It was at Student Life camp in 2006. Aaron Keyes, "Not What My Hands Have Done." Tucker was in front of me and seeing his passion in his worship. The chorus of the song: "these guilty hands are raised filthy rags are all I bring, and i have come to hide beneath your wings. these holy hands are raised, washed in the fountain of your grace, and now I wear your righteousness." Such a great song. Seeing these other people worship brings a quote I like from the intro of Blue Like Jazz to mind,"Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way."
Thursday, September 2, 2010
oh K-Love
Whenever K-Love has something that really strikes me I have an, "Oh K-Love," moment. K-Love's encouraging word of the day the other day, actually it was a week or so ago (Aug, 23), was "So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding." (Hebrews 6:1 NASB).
It hit home with me.
Now that I just looked up the verse and read the verses following it again it's given me more to think about. The above verse is only the first half of the verse; however, it's meaning is not loss or changed or being used out of context. So what it taught me:
My focus, spiritually, has been on the same thing. I have pretty much been dwelling on the things from previous posts: sin, forgiveness, shame, etc. While those things are still very relevant, the temptations are still there. It is still a struggle. I can continue growing and learning about and from that but I can't limit myself to just that. If I do limit myself then I won't experience growth or maturity in my understanding. I need to keep spending time with the Lord and learning more about Him then only concentrating on the same principles. How much I will miss out on if I don't continue to mature! I must press on and continue seeking Christ!
It hit home with me.
Now that I just looked up the verse and read the verses following it again it's given me more to think about. The above verse is only the first half of the verse; however, it's meaning is not loss or changed or being used out of context. So what it taught me:
My focus, spiritually, has been on the same thing. I have pretty much been dwelling on the things from previous posts: sin, forgiveness, shame, etc. While those things are still very relevant, the temptations are still there. It is still a struggle. I can continue growing and learning about and from that but I can't limit myself to just that. If I do limit myself then I won't experience growth or maturity in my understanding. I need to keep spending time with the Lord and learning more about Him then only concentrating on the same principles. How much I will miss out on if I don't continue to mature! I must press on and continue seeking Christ!
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