Sunday evening
Albert and Tina Cannon came to minister. Some of the main points that I picked up and really took to heart were:
- Whilst we dont geographically where Heaven and Hell are, we do know where they are. They are the just the other sides of the last breath that we will breathe.
- We need God in everything. This is a true statement and one that I am far aware of, but had never thought of it in this context…. we need Him to lend us our next breath.
- God has far more purpose and skill than all of us put together on the earth. He does not look for our ability, but our availabilty.
- Everytime we leave the church we will leave changed in one way or another. We can allow our selves to be melted like butter or hardened like clay.
There were some more great quotes, but I cant recal them… I hope that the audio will be up soon and I can listen again. At times I was a little scared of him, and he did go on and on about there being a witch in the building - its horrid when someone talks like that, feels right like he is talking to you. But, the evening on a whole was fab.
I have felt quite angry with God in some respects lately. The YFriday lyrics I heard the other day have had me hung up for a while about Uganda and the faces of the children.
How can we dance when our brothers are dying
Broken by famine and war
Where is Your hand to wipe out this oppression
Where are You, where are You?
How can we laugh when Your children are crying
Thrown to the beasts of this world
Anguish and hatred, their mothers and fathers
Where are You, where are You?
Rise up, Spirit of the Heavens
Rain down through us
Rise up, a Jesus generation
To love and serve like You
I guess I just got angry and annoyed, because all I want to see is them helped and loved, and I know that God is far able to do that in one breath, but yet they are still living in such conditions. Last night while being prayed for I just heard God say that as much as I want to parent Iman, and see her face, He wants to parent me and seek my face…. this really spoke to my heart as it was something I could identify with. The pain of being seperated from her daily is heartbreaking, so i guess i got a bigger sense of what Christ feels like in those comments.
Today, Im on a high for Jesus. I know He has plans for them children and everyone in poverty, and that it would un-sensible to change the whole world in a click of fingers… we need to change the heart attitudes of people that have caused these major indeifferences and poverty, not just making a quick fix remedy. I grabbed my bible to find a scripture, and it opened on Psalm 27; I read and it was like my prayer….. fantastic. Then I got to verse 13, and I relised the answer to my ‘anger’ with God about the Imans and Kagwas of the world,
Psalm 27:13-14 (NIV)
13I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD
I AM STILL CONFIDENT OF THIS, I WILL SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING. I WILL SEE IT, I WILL. THAT MAKES ALL THE SUFFERING OF WAITING WORTHWHILE. I WILL SEE THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD IN THE LIVES OF THESE CHILDREN.
I am excited.
I looked up the Psalm in the Message translation. Its fantastic, such passion and meaning :)
Psalm 27 (The Message)
Psalm 27
A David Psalm
So, with him on my side I’m fearless,
afraid of no one and nothing.
2 When vandal hordes ride down
ready to eat me alive,
Those bullies and toughs
fall flat on their faces.
3 When besieged,
I’m calm as a baby.
When all hell breaks loose,
I’m collected and cool.
4 I’m asking God for one thing,
only one thing:
To live with him in his house
my whole life long.
I’ll contemplate his beauty;
I’ll study at his feet.
5 That’s the only quiet, secure place
in a noisy world,
The perfect getaway,
far from the buzz of traffic.
6 God holds me head and shoulders
above all who try to pull me down.
I’m headed for his place to offer anthems
that will raise the roof!
Already I’m singing God-songs;
I’m making music to God.
7-9 Listen, God, I’m calling at the top of my lungs:
”Be good to me! Answer me!”
When my heart whispered, “Seek God,”
my whole being replied,
”I’m seeking him!”
Don’t hide from me now!
9-10 You’ve always been right there for me;
don’t turn your back on me now.
Don’t throw me out, don’t abandon me;
you’ve always kept the door open.
My father and mother walked out and left me,
but God took me in.
11-12 Point me down your highway, God;
direct me along a well-lighted street;
show my enemies whose side you’re on.
Don’t throw me to the dogs,
those liars who are out to get me,
filling the air with their threats.
13-14 I’m sure now I’ll see God’s goodness
in the exuberant earth.
Stay with God!
Take heart. Don’t quit.
I’ll say it again:
Stay with God.
