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I’ve been reading into Luke, and this verse kind of threw me off. From my understanding, it doesn’t have much to do with the parable prior, but. In my bible it says, “It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the law.”
hmmm.. What is being implied?! (that’s deffinitely not rhetorical. I’d like at least a wee bit of feedback..?)
I haven’t been this confused while analyzing scripture in… a very long time!
Encounter. Here I come!
Today will be the day, tears of joy will fall from the eyes of those abused, saved by the glory of God
“It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge.” -Adolf Hitler
I say it’s sickening because of the man who spoke it.
I’m doing a report on him in my English class and came across that quote an many others that proved his pure insanity. This was the only one I came to terms with.
You can argue with that that is “known” and find loopholes to make almost anything true, but with faith and having faith.. you can’t argue.
I just thought I would share that, it made me think deeply and be proud of the faith I posses.
Just finished the Pre-Encounter.
And now I don’t know what to expect.
Good, of course.
I’m ready for the change.
I’m just not one to enjoy being broken down, I’ve been taught my whole life to stay strong and I KNOW this is going to do a number on me.
I’m happy the weekend is almost here. It’s time, and I’m ready to release myself completely, I’m just nervous. That’s normal, right?
So, getting to the computer lately has been a lot harder than I thought it would be, but here I am!
Okay so, Pastor Aaron’s sermon today… AMAAAZIN!!
It really got to me. A lot having to do with my past and what not. Each and every day I’m getting closer and closer to forgiving myself, and I know once I go to the Encounter, it will be put where is belongs.
It may have just been coincidental, (most likely not ) but Pastor Aaron’s sermon lines up with the second lesson in the pre-encounter booklet, which I just read. It talks about the sacrifice and crucifixion of Christ and the 4 breakthroughs, which brought a lot to light in my mind (crown of thorns-pun!) Which is what I’ve been praying most for recently.
“He wore the crown of thorns to bring breakthrough in the area of your mind. Just like thorns are the fruit of a branch, you mind bears the sinful fruit of worry, anxiety, pride, depression, lust and greed. But when Christ willingly wore that awful crown, He was taking God’s judgement upon every rebellious, renegade thought that you would ever have. Because he bore this judgement no evil thought can control you, and you don’t have to be the victim of ungodly, sinful thought patterns anymore.” (from my Pre-Encounter book)
Whenever I hear the word sinful, I’m sure I’m not the only one, but I think of sexual relations. Not pride, lust, greed, or any other evil act. I’ve been tainted (good word use, yeah?) with worry lately about issues occurring with my dad, and his alcoholism. It’s been so difficult for me to give this situation to God, because I want so badly to take action. And then the Lord brought it to my attention, that when I was in my sinful ways, the steps I took to try and pull him out of the gutter, did nothing. Only He can help my dad now, and he has to be willing to let Christ into his heart. And me trying so hard to take actions myself, is a sin. No matter how benevolent my actions were, all I can do is pray for him, and with my actions of obedience let him see what the Lord is doing for me, and can do for him.
So in a round-about way, Pastor Aaron’s sermon, which basically stated that we have to see our past in the right light, showed that I need to put the little pieces (dealing with my father) that were hidden in the shadows, into light. Seeing where I went wrong, and doing differently, letting God’s will be done. Which then connects to the Pre-Encounter, and the crown of thorns-clarity to the mind!
Well, since I have the Encounter coming up, I haven’t been doing very much personal studying of the Word. I have been working diligently on studying and grasping the concepts that are talked about in the pamphlet. The Encounter has my focus right now, and I can already tell that it is going to break me down and build me up over and over. Even now, I can see why the pamphlet is called “Pre-Encounter” hahah…
Overall, new horizons are headed my way. And I’m ready for this.
Nevertheless, I’ll keep up with my studying of the verses given to me in the Pre-Encounter booklet and keep my blogging updated so you all can know my thoughts, even though you have all been through the Encounter. That’s important, right?
This was a pretty neat idea, Josh. hah… No more slacking!
