The Unseen Life

The Christian life is lived by faith in the Lord, not by mastery of observable circumstances.

Are you focusing on the seen or the unseen?

A Redemptive March

Dallas Willard The With God Life

Heart breaker

Heart breaker heart breaker
what have you done
love taker love taker
go ahead and run

You left your love standing
in the front yard
heart broken crying
as you faded away

Heart breaker heart breaker
will you ever learn
what will it take
till your heart burns

Did His love change
in the mist of the trauma
does He still love you
with all of your drama

Heart breaker Heart breaker
what have you done
He gave His life
God's only Son

Nothing can get
between you and His love
it doesn't matter
whatever you've done

Richard.

Religion or Relationship

religion offers heaven
freedom from pain disease
more money in your pocket
if you become like me

talk this way
dress like this
don't do nothing bad
if you do
you'll go to hell
and that would be just sad.

well that's just not working
that not what it says
that's not what I'm after
get that in your head

I'm looking for relationship
to know Him and be known
an all consuming love affair
not a shiny bigger home

a hand in hand
walk through life
and into the beyond
forever into Eternity
walking arm in arm.

Richard.

Psalm 139

23. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

This is my prayer O' Lord. This is my hope, my rest, my joy.

Ideal Father

pushing you on, speaking truth into your life

praying for you, Godly visions at night,

loving you, with God always insight

believing in you, seeing beyond your faults

to the greater things of God, stored deep within your heart..

being there for you, to catch you when you fall.

giving you the freedom, to share your deepest thoughts

exploring the answer with you, together seeking God

this is a parent's job, what could be better.


this is the challenge.

Who are you investing in, do you have five that you are casting visions of greatest in the service of God, believing in them, encouraging them, investing all you have in them.

What is your ideal father like, and how does that ideal compare with your ideal of God the Father? Are they the same? Does God the Father fall short of your ideal father?

Are you helping those you are fathering?

Richard.

Lead like Jesus

Step 1. Engage your listeners and talk with them. Jesus was more than a talking head and you should be too.

Step 2. Tell stories. We refer to the stories Jesus told as parables. You can use these Bible stories or use stories from your own life or from materials you have studied. Your stories should reflect the patterns and relationships in life that we all understand.

Step 3. Use symbolism. Jesus used religious symbols like "the bread of life" that were familiar to his listeners. You can refer to symbols such as the cross of Christ or the Lord's Supper.

Step 4. Teach at an appropriate level. A lesson for fourth graders would be vastly different than one for a group of college-educated adults. Jesus tailored his message around what the listeners already understood.

Step 5. Build on what your listeners already believe. Jesus never attacked others for their beliefs. He used those beliefs as a basis to help them understand the truth he was teaching.

Step 6. Restate your message whenever necessary. Jesus was patient when he taught. He rephrased his teaching or used another story to make sure his lesson was being understood.

Step 7. Care about your students. To teach like Jesus you need to have a genuine love for your students. Jesus wanted his listeners to understand, to learn and to follow him.