After over 18 months of praying, researching and waiting, we announced at the end of the worship services at StoneBridge Church that Diann and I are being led to move to North Carolina (Raleigh Durham area) and plant a church.
For more details and to follow us in this new journey please visit my new blog... www.gotritown.com
Monday, January 18, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Second session on intimacy
Charles Swindoll writes, "the initial move toward cultivating intimacy with the Almighty, it is essential that we reorder our private lives. (the discipline of simplicity) And that requires us to slow our pace as well as stop the envy (comparing ourselves to all that others have and do)... two tough assignments no one else can do for us. Furthermore, it is foolish to tell ourselves to sit back and wait until the winds of this world shift and blow us toward the shores of simplicity. It ain't gonna happen! Those who determine to simplify their lives quickly discover it is a rigorous solo voyage against the wind."
The word Diann and I are challenging each other with is getting "nimble"... uncluttering and seeking to be more free from stuff that weighs us down. I feel the wind in my face as I go.
The word Diann and I are challenging each other with is getting "nimble"... uncluttering and seeking to be more free from stuff that weighs us down. I feel the wind in my face as I go.
Friday, January 1, 2010
New intimacy in the New Year
Welcome to 2010!!
Intimacy in relationships is what we long to experience. Being truly open, honest and real... knowing the other person understands and loves you for who you truly are.
I am convinced that this type is open, intimate relationship can be experienced with God. In fact, for us to love other people unconditionally, we must experience God's unconditional love for us first.
I am reading a short, but very thoughtful book by Charles Swindoll, Intimacy with the Almighty. This little book focuses on what intimacy with God looks like and some practical steps to experiencing such a relationship with God. I recommend you read it early in this new year and new decade.
"More than likely, you've grown weary of superficial things... you're tired of skating talk and shallow thinking. You know there has to be more, you're just not sure how to get there. One thing is certain: You don't want to stay where you are. ... No one is ready to take on the depths unless he or she is fed up with the superficial. What you long for, unless I miss guess, is intimacy with the Almighty. You want to be profoundly aware of His presence, in touch with Him at the deepest possible level, thinking His thoughts, gleaning His wisdom, and living as close to His heart as is humanly possible, operating your life in the nucleus of His will. I desire the same..." Intimacy with the Almighty - page 17
Let this be a direction in which you move intentionally over the next few months.
Intimacy in relationships is what we long to experience. Being truly open, honest and real... knowing the other person understands and loves you for who you truly are.
I am convinced that this type is open, intimate relationship can be experienced with God. In fact, for us to love other people unconditionally, we must experience God's unconditional love for us first.
I am reading a short, but very thoughtful book by Charles Swindoll, Intimacy with the Almighty. This little book focuses on what intimacy with God looks like and some practical steps to experiencing such a relationship with God. I recommend you read it early in this new year and new decade.
"More than likely, you've grown weary of superficial things... you're tired of skating talk and shallow thinking. You know there has to be more, you're just not sure how to get there. One thing is certain: You don't want to stay where you are. ... No one is ready to take on the depths unless he or she is fed up with the superficial. What you long for, unless I miss guess, is intimacy with the Almighty. You want to be profoundly aware of His presence, in touch with Him at the deepest possible level, thinking His thoughts, gleaning His wisdom, and living as close to His heart as is humanly possible, operating your life in the nucleus of His will. I desire the same..." Intimacy with the Almighty - page 17
Let this be a direction in which you move intentionally over the next few months.
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