Psalms 8

I just love psalms!!! so much praise is in it and it really shows a God of love, a God worthy to be praised. I used to read the old testament and think that the God in the old testament was different from the new testament, that the God in the old testament had war and such. But now I have come to understand the God in the old testament is the same as the new, He protected His people, He guided them, He was their victory, He forgave them, He loved them… We have this great God!!! This psalm is a praise in the old testament of God….

Psa 8:1  To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute, or [possibly] to a particular Hittite tune. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens.
Psa 8:2  Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger. [Matt. 21:15, 16.]
Psa 8:3  When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,
Psa 8:4  What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Psa 8:5  Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor.
Psa 8:6  You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet: [I Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:22, 23; Heb. 2:6-8.]
Psa 8:7  All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field,
Psa 8:8  The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
Psa 8:9  O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth!

In defence of the bible

just found this youtube video.. i think its by a relatively new church in brisbane called… new hope brisbane, i found it while trying to look for the hope brisbane bookstore and had a look at their youtube videos'… check it out :)

so inspiring

I was looking up Jewish Christians because I’m hoping to get to know some Jewish people. Anyway I came across these Youtube testimonies, and they are totally inspiring… SO GREAT IS OUR GOD!!! GLORY AND HONOR TO YESHUA! First is a testimony of a Muslim, I just love Muslim testimonies…

This is a Jewish one… its really nice too, to see them talk about Yeshua their messiah!!!

Baaaahhhh

baahhh baaahhh.. hickup!!!!

God My Best Friend

 

This time I just want to share something I wrote some time ago, during unit advance.. I wrote this on Sunday the last day of it. Sometimes I got allot of things going on inside of me (I'm sure everyone can relate to that at times), this is about how close God is to each of us, we might not always feel like he is, but I can assure you he see’s everything. So he knows :D, you can be assured he is never far away…

God my Best Friend

who is there whenever I feel lonely?
who is it that hears all my cries?
who is it that knows all the sorrows of my heart?
who has counted all my tears and put them in a bottle?
who knows the number of hairs on my head?
who is it that listens to my every word?
who is it that loves me this much?
who is it that would sacrifice his place in heaven for me?
who is it that took my just punishment for the wrongs I have done?
who is it that was willing to give His life in place for my sins?
who is it that rose from the dead so that I have new life in Him?
who is it that made such a sacrifice so that I may be with Him for all eternity?
Who is it? who is it? Its Jesus that’s who!!!

wow just reading this really makes me think about what Jesus did for us, such great love, I really wish I could explain the amazement when I think about this… God coming to earth, God!! coming to earth!!!! I mean God!! the one who made everything!!! humbled himself, man this is totally the most awe-striking thing you could ever think about! and dyeing for my sins… God really shows his love to us, doing this for us sinners. So Amazing!!!! lol… I was just looking up the word awe-striking to see if the spelling was correct and came across this:

Therefore, He paid, "for what He had not stolen," and the just suffered for the unjust, both in His soul and body, so while sensing the awe-striking debt for our sins, He sweated blood and water and He even finally cried out, "My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?" — Against Heresies

I put this verse to emphasise how much Christ Jesus did for us!!!!

Php 2:5  Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: [Let Him be your example in humility:]
Php 2:6  Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained,
Php 2:7  But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being.
Php 2:8  And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross!
Php 2:9  Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name,
Php 2:10  That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
Php 2:11  And every tongue [frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Emmanuel – God with us

 

Today I am heading into uni to meet Emmanuel (will try get a photo of him to show), I think this is an answer to my prayers earlier, this is in conjunction with my last post. What I was thinking in my last was also answers to this prayer I had prayed, one day when going through all this turmoil wondering where God was I prayed, “God please prove to me beyond doubt that you are with me”. I prayed this with a sincere heart and just trusted it to God that he would be able to do this, I believed that God knows me best and can in his own way, without me asking how, would do this. Well all the things in the last post happened, out of all of them the most comforting was being told “I am with you always”.
But God didn’t just leave it there, just last week on Monday I left my camera in the toilet by mistake (I kind of think that God blinded me to it so as to test me), I walked out leaving it above the sinks, and thought the whole time during the first half of my lecture that the camera was with me. During my lectures break (1 hour after the lecture started) I realised I didn’t have my camera, but I knew where I left it because I could recall at what points I did have it. So I ran back to the toilet to find it was gone, I had thought someone from uni had decided that it was a nice cam and was going to keep it. So I went back to my lecture and prayed about it, after the lecture I went to lost property hoping they would have it but no one had turned it in. After that I remember walking home questioning things, but I thought to myself, I’m going to trust God in this and I’m going to keep praying, I even thought I should thank God, so I did my best to thank him for the times I did have my camera and said to myself, God gives and God takes we should be thankful in all circumstances (it was tough thanking God when I felt at loss).
But I kept praying about it and checking lost property thinking to myself, God can change the heart of the person if they did steal it and they will turn it into lost property. I prayed everyday until Thursday but I had this feeling like I hadn’t lost it, yet I saw in no way how I was going to get it back. it wasn’t till Friday that the breakthrough happened, I had organised to meet up with my mate and thought he was coming over to my place, but because of a miss understanding he thought I was going to meet him at uni. I decided since I was going to life group that night that its pointless for him to come to my place and then we go back out. So I went into uni, up to his room but I was told he was waiting for me in the botanicals. As I was walking to the botanicals I had to walk past the library, at this point the thought came to me to ask about the camera in the library, by this time it was 4 days since I had lost it. Upon inquiring the librarian remembered about a notice on the white board, and when I went to the white board it said, compact camera found in o-block, I was pretty sure this would be my camera as I had lost it in that building.
I rang the guy straight away and explained to him the camera, he was like yes, yes, and I started to get excited because I knew he had it. But he wanted proof that I was really the owner so he asked me what the last few photos where but I had no clue. I told him I don’t remember the order of the photographs, so he gave me a hint telling me it was an animal and at that point I remembered that the day I lost it, a kookaburra decided to swoop my mate and myself and I started to take photos of it (which I’ll post up here after I get my cam). After telling him what animal it was he knew I was the owner and met me down in the library. He didn’t have the came on him but gave me his business card and got my contact details, when I saw the card I saw Emmanuel written on it, which was his name. The whole time, God had managed to answer a previous prayer by sending someone with a name meaning “God with us” to pick up my camera, he orchestrated the whole thing so that I may know that God is with us, and we can trust him with all our heart. From my own understanding, before I had found it, I had no idea how this camera would have been found. Now I have an experience that proves this verse:
Pro 3:5  Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.
Pro 3:6  In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.
Pro 3:7  Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. [Prov. 8:13.]
we are human an don’t know everything, but God knows all. Sometimes God does things we don’t understand, and sometimes we question God. But God knows all and all his ways are righteous and just and love. He is someone that we can always trust!!! do you trust God with all your heart? will you trust Him in times when things don’t seem to be going the way you want them to? will you trust Jesus even when things seem bad? and will you remember Jesus even when times are good? will you give thanks to Jesus in all circumstances whether good or bad, in sickness and in health? (yes I purposefully am implying marriage here)

What a year, What a week

 

I thank God so much for brining me to Daniels 2 and Hope Brisbane, its been quite a journey this year for me. I’ve never cried so much(you won’t see it cause I do when no one is around) and had so much joy at the same time, I’ve also gone through times when I really questioned things. But through it all God has kept me, and has been building me up.

This year has been a year of change for me, and with this change has come pains, the changes are sure to keep coming. This week I’ve learnt some very good lessons, but they are also very basic ones. I had learnt many things from God during the year, but then I’d have times where I would start to doubt that I was good enough, or wonder if God was really with me. I started to ask, where are you God I really wanted to hear him, I wondered to myself, how can i tell the difference between my own thought and what God is telling me?? This started to bother me because then I thought, well if I’m not hearing from God then he mustn’t be with me… you can see how these kind of thoughts would make a Christian feel uncomfortable. So I brought them before God and asked Him why I was having these times of doubt and other times where things where all good, cause I really felt like I was being tossed back and forth at times. I got the answer “My Promises” to which I knew God was telling me, your like this because your not putting full faith in my promises, trust in my word ( i knew them but I’d often count myself unworthy or for some reason think I was excluded). You know all during this time I still had the desire to spread the gospel so I went to word book store and got myself a eband and I saw this book called “victory in Christ”, I purchased the book and found that it confirmed that part of victory is trusting in His promises.

You know what is amazing about this whole experience, I found God proved to be true to me even when I had doubts, so much grace abounds. I even went up to the front to be prayed for two weeks ago and Gerald was telling me that God see’s my heart, knows my doubts and that he is also pleased with my heart (I wondered what’s there to be pleased about). That week I’d also asked God to give me a verse to comfort me and It was Isaiah 43 which was on the board in the last prayer meeting, not to mention Ray talking about someone asking the very same questions I was asking that very week in my head. I had also prayed at some point asking God where he was and he told me “I Am with you always”. So now instead of always trying to much, I am trusting more. I’ve learnt to trust God more this week, and to trust Him even in times when He doesn’t seem close because I take him at His word and he told me “I Am with you always”. This seems like such a basic thing to me, I’ve know all along about faith, but now I’ve been taught about it.