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Glory in Knowing God

Good evening all!

How are you all doing? Seriously, I want to know. I feel disconnected from some of you... it's summer though, so I guess it's only natural for us to head out separate ways.

As some of you may know, the concept of glory has really been on my mind for the past couples weeks or so. I just realized that all the past meetings I've given have been somehow connected to God's glory. Well, along those same lines, I read this verse not too long ago: "Thus says the LORD: 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,' says the LORD." (Jer 9:23,24 - NKJV).

Did you catch that? We are not to glory in ourselves or our accomplishments, "but let him who glories glory in this: that he understand and knows me." We are took glory in the fact that we know God! This illuminates the fact that knowing God is an extreme privilege. I am reminded of the verse in Psalms 8 (?) that questions our importance: "what is man that you are mindful of Him?" What makes us so special? Why me? Why you? Why?

I don't know; haven't you ever taken your relationship with God for granted? We've been Christians for so long to it sort of becomes second-nature. Our intimacy with Him loses its pizazz. We become so used to it that it is no longer anything special.

I'll tell you, I don't know what makes me any special and why Christ chose to die for me and the rest of humanity. I don't know why He is mindful of us. But I accept it. I welcome it. I may not understand it, but I will glory in the fact that He knows me and that He loves me. I do not want to take my relationship with God for granted, because that denies Him the glory that He rightly deserve. Remember, God will receive glory; that is not a question. The question is, then, will I be the vessel which voluntarily gives Him glory?

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I still don't know why I have been thinking about this so much lately. I don't know what the Lord is teaching me yet. Obviously, I know it is about glory. But why glory? How can I apply this? I need to think about this some more... which shouldn't be a problem; I like thinking =)

As for this Friday, we will be having a Cry Out Night at the building. The theme will be giving your life to Christ. Let's go ahead and begin preparing for that time. Include it in your prayers and ask God to make that evening a special one. It certainly has the potential to be a powerful night.

I don't think there are any other group related announcements that are e-mail worthy. Just remember that we will recap and finish the second-half of the game we started on the 18th. So be there next Friday (Aug 1st) at Chelsea's house!

See you Friday!

MTI

Mission Statement

As a cell group, we exist to foster intimate relationships amongst fellow believers, united under a common desire to become spiritually mature. We desire to grow closer to God and one another, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 4:11)

GOD IS HERE...................HE NEVER LEFT

HOLA COMO ESTAN?..................hoy estuvo interesante mi día, cansado, pero aprendí mucho.

La verdad nosotros tenemos que salir de esa religión que tenemos en nuestras vidas, porque Dios nos tiene algo mejor que es la relación con El, y tenemos que revestirnos del conocimiento a fin de saber el real propósito que él quiere para nuestras vidas. (Colosenses 1:1-14); y que no debemos esperar que venga....................................porque:

El nunca se ha ido sino que dejo El Espíritu Santo aquí con nosotros........ (Juan 14:26), (1Juan 5:7).
El mora dentro de nosotros, (1Corintios 3:16) y nos guía (Romanos 8:14) como lo hizo antes.
Que nunca cambia que tiene las mismas cualidades que las tubo desde el principio con el mismo poder divino de ser omnipotente (Lucas 1:35) que todo lo puede, omnisciente (1Corintios 2:11) que todo lo sabe, y omnipresente (Salmos 139:7-10) que está en todas partes.

Así que tenemos que tener una relación con El, que no tenemos que esperar disfrutar de su presencia, de sus enseñanzas, porque lo podemos hacer ahora y la mejor manera es orar, leer la biblia, tener comunión y entregar nuestra vida en servicio a Él.

Ya que tenemos El Poder de Dios con nosotros (Hechos 1:8) para darlo a conocer en todas partes, estemos entonces preparados para cuando llegue el día en que Dios desciende de los cielos estemos listos para disfrutar su gloria en su totalidad (2Pedro 3; 12-18).


JTM.

Welcoming Weakness

Hello! Hello! Hello!

I want to mention, really quickly, that you cannot spell awesome without me ;-P. lol

Let me get off my high horse...

So how are you all doing? I've been living my life in the fast lane lately, but I've been traveling in the HOV, so it's not all that bad. Let me tell you, though, I was really surprised by last Sunday's meeting. Jerry was on the ball, on the money, off the chain, and off the wall. haha. I really like how he emphasized the fact that what matters is how we conduct ourselves in spite of our weaknesses. We are human and will be weak; that, of course, is apparent. So the deciding factor then is what we do about those weaknesses. How do we combat them? How can we make them strengths? How can we use them to have Christ build and mold our character?

Second Corinthians 12:9 says that God's "grace is sufficient for you, for [His] power is made perfect in weakness." Also, note that Paul writes how he wants "to know Christ and the power of his resurrection" (Phil 3:10). So, in order to intimately know Christ and have fellowship with Him, we must welcome our weaknesses and use them to embrace God's perfecting power. Look at Paul's reaction: "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Corinthians 12:9, 10).

So what do we do about our weaknesses? We delight in them, because it is only then that Christ can use us to the max. I must confess, this is one of those dichotomies that I do not fully comprehend. But nonetheless, I accept it as truth, and you should too!

MTI

:: Hope ::

The difference between the world's hope and Christian hope...

"The world hopes in their deeds with uncertainty. We hope in Christ's deed with certainty!" - JJ

Dictionary.com
Hope  - noun: the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best:

We have a "better hope!"
"...(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God." - Hebrews 7:19

Hope in The Living God:
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance." - Roman 5:1-3

"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." - Romans 5:5

"For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope." - Romans 15:4

Overflow with Hope - By The Power of The Holy Spirit!

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." - Roman 15:13

Hope until the end!...

"we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end." - Hebrews 6:11

"LOOK BEYOND"

Estaba mirando una de mis películas favoritas THE LION KING 1 -1/2 y al verla por tercera ves miré a Timon que es amigo de Pumba, pasando por lo mismo que muchos de nosotros que seguimos a Dios nos pasa. (lucas 21:17)


Sin darme cuenta Timon antes de conocer a Pumba tomo una decision importante que iba a cambiar su vida totalmente, el quería ser alguien diferente a los demas de su misma especie, el estaba cansado de la vida que tenía: "cabar hoyos", ocultarse del las hienas, y permanecer en la oscuridad.


El sabia que habia algo más, el quería ver luz, el quería ser diferente, "vivir en paz", no correr más, estar sin temor. El se sentía rechasado por su manera de pensar, su propia especie lo rechasaba, pero el tomo una decisión, que es muy dificil ya que dejando a su mama se fue de donde vivía a un lugar que ni el sabia como era. (Mateo 10:37) (1 Juan 3:13)


Ya estando caminando el mismo se pregunto "que estoy haciendo aqui? y con llanto en sus ojos de un arbol salio Raffiki el mandril asutandolo le dijo "que es lo que quieress hacer?, a donde quieres ir?, mas claro que pongas una dirección donde quieras ir.........


y le dijo LOOK BEYOND de todo lo que ves, Mira Mas Alla de lo que ves...........el mirando lo único que vio es desierto , sol, hambre, soledad, pero el mandril insistia :....Look beyond y miando mas alla Timon vio un lugar hermoso lleno de animales, de comida y de Paz.(Apocalipsis 21:6,7)(apocalipsis 21:4)


asi que miremos mas alla de lo que vemos aunque con rechaso o en cualquier desierto que te encuentras en tu vida porque dejame decirte elijiste bien en seguir a Dios porque al final la Paz reinara en tu vida, y todo lo malo pasara................. animo.

One Spirit for a Whole Lot of People

What is unity? (please tell me your opinions on this)

Hey guys, how's the week going this blog is about what God is currently doing in my life. Are we supposed to be filled with fuzzy feeling when we run into a person who rubs us the wrong way in our ministry? I can't recall a time when I felt "fuzzy" after someone undercut my opinion on something. In fact I had to suppress the urge to cave someone's face in on more than one occasion. I have not achieved the level of Super Christian yet, so I can't put a fake smile on and pretend that I agree with everyone around me when I really don't. It is ungenuine to be two faced with the closest people in your life. So how do we overcome the me-syndrome enough to still edify others without burning bridges?
If you can't back up what your saying then rejoice....God is disciplining you that very moment.By our love for one another we are known to be his disciples...what does that imply? I think it means that we love each other by the example of our Savior, who while we were still sinners died for us. He knew our lives did not honor his father and yet he still went to the cross. To a lesser extreme we should overcome the urge to exalt our opinions as an ultimate authority, none of us are prophets but we are part of a body of saints. We must hold fast to God and the Spirit of Truth that speaks to us so that we do not become conceited and believe we are our own truth.

Ephesians 4 - Unity of the Spirit - 1) Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2) with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,3being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4) There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6) one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. 7) But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.

In Corinthians 3 Paul writes that we plant a seed ,and God waters it. It is God who brings every good thing into our lives and nurtures us to grow in his glory. That is why it is so important that we are unified under God's will and the pursuit of it, because if we are not pursuing him then we are working against him. If we trust in Him, by which all things were made, then we don't need to worry about who we are or where we are because it will be exactly where he needs us. If we are unified by faith and love then we are allowing his hand to move us and strengthen us in the body.

So...we need to need unity in truth (why are we unified in the first place) and love (the means which we can stay in unity) so that we can be where God wants us.

First things first, examine yourself...How are your prayers going these days....How often and with what attitude do you read the Bible....Do some soul searching. We serve in different units but still march under one banner....and that banner is at war with the darkness of this world. If we cannot love each other then how can we give his love to a world in pain?

God Bless-Kyle