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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05
- "I was glad when they said to me, 'let us go to the house of the Lord.'" (Psalm 122:1)
Join us at Gateway Grace Fellowship, 8:30 & 11:00! # - "God's blessings are like raindrops, & sometimes the biggest drops come from the darkest storms." -Pastor @MarkPGonzales #GatewayGrace #
- "So I shout out Your name, from the rooftops I proclaim, that I am yours, I am yours, God…"
-Jesus Culture, "Rooftops" # - Hello, morning. http://t.co/A0JPWIw1 #
- Time in thought is not the same as time in prayer. Both are needed. Both are good, but one is focused on my ideas, & the other on God's. #
- "What does David know about the Bible that I don't?" NEW POST @ http://t.co/aK3xH359
"Sweeter than Honey" http://t.co/5jMaTyj7 # - Police cars ALL OVER Colonial, East of Metro Pkwy. #
- Indeed… http://t.co/PcRH7gn2 #
- SO looking forward to sharing this song Sunday @GatewayGrace. Take a minute to listen & learn so we can sing together! http://t.co/sG2ydckT #
- People of God are like eggs for an omelette. They're not good for much 'til they're broken. #
- Just got confirmation that a GREAT musician friend is joining us for Friday night's outpostGathering. Stoked! Join us: http://t.co/uhCJVMtW #
- Proof that Chick-fil-a loves us http://t.co/LLHPmM6Z #
- Often the things we think will please us only bring pain,& those we think painful bring joy in the end.In God's Kingdom,death leads to life! #
- Good mooooorning! http://t.co/Vt4XDNC9 #
- Meet both brothers in Orlando to spend the day celebrating Christopher's birthday? Yes, please! #
- Brothers http://t.co/RYpWStsN #
- Home safe in Fort Myers & I'm so looking forward to singing this song tomorrow at Gateway Grace. Hope you can join us! http://t.co/TKaOxKgE #
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Sweeter than Honey
“What does he know that I don’t?”
David, the writer of Psalm 119, says, “How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.” (Psalm 119:103) Granted, there are some nice things in the Bible, but really, “sweeter than honey?”
Here’s what David understands that we often miss when we read the Scriptures. ALL of the Bible is good news.
- Good news that God made the world a beautiful place and will return to make it new again.
- Good news that God made a way for Adam and Eve and has made a way for us.
- Good news that God is always faithful to His people no matter how long they wander in the desert or how far they go.
- Good news that His commands lead to life, and life abundantly.
- Good news that Jesus is the true light of the world, and has come to shine in us and through us to drive back the darkness in our world.
When you understand good news like that, it is very sweet indeed.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29
- It's going to be a great day worshipping Jesus with the good folks of @GatewayGrace Fellowship! Why not come join us? 8:30 or 11am. #
- "Healing from above is far more about a Gospel lifestyle of faith than a hoped-for encounter." -Pastor @MarkPGonzales #GatewayGrace #
- "Never complain about something you didn't pay for." -My friend Mark Moore's father #
- Blesséd be the Father,
Who with His gentle hand,
Doth guide His chosen children up
Into the promised land. # - Two weeks is too long away from the gym for "sick leave". Praise the Lord, it's workout time at last! #
- "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." (Matt.9:13b)
If you think you have it all together, it's doubtful Jesus has much for you. # - You know those people who think they're better than others?
Are you one of them? NEW POST:"Need" http://t.co/myCrZlrq # - "There is a difference between a well-instructed congregation and a well-nourished one." -Sinclair Ferguson (via @TomAscol) #
- This is how I know you're really my friend. http://t.co/TmqjKqLF #
- "It's not enough to be Biblically literate, we must also learn to be Biblically obedient." -John Wimber #
- Now THAT is an artfully made mocha. (@ The Coffee Cup) http://t.co/RqojGukX #
- Diligence is good, but don't let the idol of productivity rob your relationship with Christ & others. #perspective #
- Which is better, old or new? NEW POST @ http://t.co/aK3xH359 | "Wineskins" http://t.co/VYxHg0hZ #
- Had a great time today speaking for elementary school chapel at Southwest Florida Christian Community School. Good times with the kiddos
# - For those who know Jesus,heaven is BOTH a future hope & a present reality.
More of Jesus is more like heaven.
Less of him is more like hell. # - To live in fear is to agree with Satan that either God is not sovereign or not good;either unable or unwilling to help. Trust Jesus instead! #
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Wineskins
Which is better, old or new?
“Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved.” -Matthew 9:17
How easy it is in our “newer-is-better” consumer culture to discard the old in favor of the new…but Jesus doesn’t do that. Jesus finds value in both the seasoned and the start-up, the trendy and the traditional.
Don’t be so quick to embrace the shine of the present that you miss the substance of the past, and don’t let the comfort of the familiar keep you from the fresh wine of a brand new day.
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Need
If you think you have it all together, it’s doubtful Jesus has much for you…
And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mat 9:10-13
Those who think they have it all together are usually the ones who look down on those who don’t. Yet, just as God the Father “opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6), Jesus -God the Son- says He comes “not to call the ‘righteous’, but sinners.” (Matthew 9:13b, quotes added).
For those who think they have no need of grace, there will be no grace to be found. For those who know their poverty of spirit, the abundant riches of the grace of Jesus will be poured out on them, to as a great a degree as they are willing to ask for and receive.
The “poor in spirit” are blessed indeed. (Matthew 5:3)
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