I must
proclaim
good news
I must
declare
The Truth
You must not prevent me
Hinder me
Dissuade me
for I am not yours
for I am not yours
I am
SENT
for this purpose
I must
announce
glad tidings
I must
make known
my joy
You must not stop me
halt me
impede me
for I am not yours
I am not yours
I am
SENT
for this purpose
Move out of my way
I love you
but I must go
I must
profess
JESUS
crucified
risen
coming again
the incarnate
good news
I am
SENT.
Amen.
This spoken WORD was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:
Luke 4:42-44 (NRSV)
Jesus preaches
At daybreak he departed and went into a deserted place. And the crowds were looking for him; and when they reached him, they wanted to prevent him from leaving them. But he said to them, "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose." So he continued proclaiming the message in the synagogues of Judea.
INVITATION
If you have questions about how to become a friend and follower of Jesus, please see the devotion entitled, “Come to Jesus” @ http://bit.ly/JVhaL
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
ANYTHING GOOD?
Can anything good come from that place?
Anyone decent or full of grace?
I’ve heard about people who hail from there
They’re good for nothing, don’t have a prayer
Why would you spend time with him?
Why would you go out on that limb?
Don’t you know he’ll never amount
To anything you’ll want to brag about?
Run right now while you have the chance
Get away from there, without a backward glance
No I say
I’ve already prayed
Come and see
him who makes us free
I’ve truly found, the one I need
Once you meet, you will agree.
This spoken WORD was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:
John 1:43-51 (NRSV)
Can anything good come out of Nazareth?
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth." Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said of him, "Here is truly an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!" Nathanael asked him, "Where did you get to know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you." Nathanael replied, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!" Jesus answered, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these." And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."
THE INVITATION
If you have questions about how to become a friend and follower of Jesus, please see the devotion entitled, “Come to Jesus” @
http://aintathatgoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/03/come-to-jesus.html
Friday, January 22, 2010
Why Are You Searching?
All Wise One
Often I have searched for you
When you were not lost
It was me
I was lost
I was confused
I was afraid
I ran around in circles
Telling myself I needed to "find" you
If only you had not run off
If only you had not abandoned me
If only you had not determined
to stay behind
when I was ready to go ahead
I got down the road a bit
and I realized...
Where is Jesus in all of this?
Where is his voice?
His laughter?
His counsel?
Where did he go?
And so I started searching
Looking
Asking
Seeking
Knocking
And then I found you.
Right where you had always been
inside the door of my heart.
Why were you looking for me?
I am
that I am
and as I have always been
and will always be
in God's House
Heart
and Will
right with you
never leaving you
never forsaking you
God with you
You are never
ALONE.
This spoken Word was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:
Luke 2:39-52 (NRSV)
Jesus increases in wisdomWhen they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him.
Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival. When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety." He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" But they did not understand what he said to them. Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.
THE INVITATION
If you have questions about how to become a friend and follower of Jesus, please see the devotion entitled, “Come to Jesus” @
Saturday, January 16, 2010
HIS KINGDOM COMES…
The Kingdom of God
Has come to you
In a god-man
That you hardly recognize
You called him a devil
I call him my king
You demanded a sign of him
And I beheld the cross
Mute and dumb
I came before him
Shouting with joy
I ran away
He is the strong man
Ushering in the reign of God
Either you are for him
Or against him
But this I know,
the Kingdom of God
Is at hand…
This spoken word was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:
Luke 11:14-23 (NRSV)
Looking for signs from heaven
Now he was casting out a demon that was mute; when the demon had gone out, the one who had been mute spoke, and the crowds were amazed. But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons." Others, to test him, kept demanding from him a sign from heaven. But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house. If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? -- for you say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebul. Now if I cast out the demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your exorcists cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his castle, his property is safe. But when one stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his plunder. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
THE INVITATION
If you have questions about how to become a friend and follower of Jesus, please see the devotion entitled, “Come to Jesus” @
http://aintathatgoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/03/come-to-jesus.html
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Spirit Filled
Holy One
Fill me with your Spirit
Breathe on me
That I might be
An instrument of your peace.
My Lord and God
Use me
To share good news
To be good news
For those who need it
Spirit of God
Fall fresh on me
That I might be
A trumpet
A drum major
A voice
Crying in the wilderness
Prepare the way of the Lord
Holy and righteous
Wise and true
Are you O God
Lead me to the place
That is greater than I
That I might lead others
To the same.
This spoken WORD was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:
Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy:
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them.
He has raised up a mighty savior for us
in the house of his servant David,
as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.
Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors,
and has remembered his holy covenant,
the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,
to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,
might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness
before him all our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
by the forgiveness of their sins.
By the tender mercy of our God,
the dawn from on high will break upon us,
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace."
THE INVITATION
If you have questions about how to become a friend and follower of Jesus, please see the devotion entitled, “Come to Jesus” @
http://aintathatgoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/03/come-to-jesus.html
Fill me with your Spirit
Breathe on me
That I might be
An instrument of your peace.
My Lord and God
Use me
To share good news
To be good news
For those who need it
Spirit of God
Fall fresh on me
That I might be
A trumpet
A drum major
A voice
Crying in the wilderness
Prepare the way of the Lord
Holy and righteous
Wise and true
Are you O God
Lead me to the place
That is greater than I
That I might lead others
To the same.
This spoken WORD was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:
Luke 1:67-79 (NRSV)
Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke this prophecy:
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them.
He has raised up a mighty savior for us
in the house of his servant David,
as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
that we would be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.
Thus he has shown the mercy promised to our ancestors,
and has remembered his holy covenant,
the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham,
to grant us that we, being rescued from the hands of our enemies,
might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness
before him all our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
by the forgiveness of their sins.
By the tender mercy of our God,
the dawn from on high will break upon us,
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace."
THE INVITATION
If you have questions about how to become a friend and follower of Jesus, please see the devotion entitled, “Come to Jesus” @
http://aintathatgoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/03/come-to-jesus.html
Friday, January 1, 2010
WISDOM FROM ABOVE
Who wants to be Wise
Full of Understanding
Lead a fruitful life
produce good Work
CHORUS
This is the way to walk
In the Light
This is the wisdom
From above.
We must be gentle
Pure and peaceable
Yielding and merciful
Full of truth
Chorus
No partiality
hypocrisy
Walk in the light
Of Righteousness…
Chorus twice
This Spoken WORD was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible
Full of Understanding
Lead a fruitful life
produce good Work
CHORUS
This is the way to walk
In the Light
This is the wisdom
From above.
We must be gentle
Pure and peaceable
Yielding and merciful
Full of truth
Chorus
No partiality
hypocrisy
Walk in the light
Of Righteousness…
Chorus twice
This Spoken WORD was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible
James 3:13-18 (NRSV)
The wisdom from above
Who is wise and understanding among you? Show by your good life that your works are done with gentleness born of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not be boastful and false to the truth. Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish. For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.
THE INVITATION
If you have questions about how to become a friend and follower of Jesus, please see the devotion entitled, “Come to Jesus” @
http://aintathatgoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/03/come-to-jesus.html
Saturday, December 19, 2009
EVIL ENCROACHES
Evil encroaches
Creeping through the darkness
They come.
They come
For me
Seeking my life
Wanting me dead
Wishing me gone
From this land--
The so-called
Land of the Living.
If only they knew
Who I was
Who I am
Who I will ever be…
Do they not see me?
Casting out demons
Healing the sick
Summoning the Light.
I am LOVE.
I am POWER.
I am FREE.
Humans cannot kill
This god-man.
For I cannot be killed
by mere mortals.
If I die—
Yay, when I die
It will be because
I chose to lay down
My life
In Jerusalem
For my friends…
Blessed!
YES BLESSED,
Is The One
Who comes
In the Name
Of the Lord!
This Spoken WORD was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:
Creeping through the darkness
They come.
They come
For me
Seeking my life
Wanting me dead
Wishing me gone
From this land--
The so-called
Land of the Living.
If only they knew
Who I was
Who I am
Who I will ever be…
Do they not see me?
Casting out demons
Healing the sick
Summoning the Light.
I am LOVE.
I am POWER.
I am FREE.
Humans cannot kill
This god-man.
For I cannot be killed
by mere mortals.
If I die—
Yay, when I die
It will be because
I chose to lay down
My life
In Jerusalem
For my friends…
Blessed!
YES BLESSED,
Is The One
Who comes
In the Name
Of the Lord!
This Spoken WORD was inspired by the following scripture from the Holy Bible:
Luke 13:31-35 (NRSV)
Jesus as mother hen laments over Jerusalem
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you." He said to them, "Go and tell that fox for me, 'Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work. Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.' Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! See, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.' "
THE INVITATION
If you have questions about how to become a friend and follower of Jesus, please see the devotion entitled, “Come to Jesus” @
http://aintathatgoodnews.blogspot.com/2009/03/come-to-jesus.html
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