Since I arrived at Plainfield Calvary Baptist last March, the one defining picture I have is the love they have for God's word. I thought of that love as I saw this video of an Indonesian tribe when they received God's word in their own language, for the first time.
Dancing, crying, celebration, honor and prayer.
I am a coming closer to that gratitude every day. Today was my son's first day in Awana. I think I understand a little better about the big party in Indonesia, though they have taught me even more in this short video.
Thanks for your generous prayers and comfort.
As they say in the Kimyal language:
Al weig buna’ ag bulamlange
ab Domba Me ab se,
sig aga meibna’ ab,
gibna’ ab, bebnag ab, migib ab,
unum-unum se ulamla.
“To him who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb, be blessing
and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever.”
Read more here....
http://www.challies.com/christian-living/gods-greatest-gifts
Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” Exodus 33:18
And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Exodus 40:35
Show me your Glory
Jaeson Ma
You know I finally realized that this life boils down to one thing Its not about me its not about the music its about the glory Listen up, Listen up Listen up
Don't waste your life But Live your life for a purpose that is bigger than yourself What are you living for? I'm living for the glory and glory is not fame, glory not making yourself a name
Glory is sacrificing for others Its putting other before your self (thats love) Its fighting for a cause worth dying for a purpose worth living for
true glory is virtue Its not something you can buy, Glory is something you earn Heros are not born They are made for glory
I'm broken apart somewhere on the road 10,000 dreams with no place to go If you give me your heart I ll can give you a soul The depth of your love I'll never know
Glory Glory ....Give me a sign Glory ….I'll give you My life
Show me the glory this is what I pray Theres gotta be more than what seems that exist We were born to go higher, born for adventure dare to dream bigger
because if your don't have a passion worth dying for you have nothing worth living for
don't live for the things of this world They're passing away but live for the glory that leads to eternity Glory is grace perfected
And our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising, every time we fall
I'm broken apart somewhere on the road 10,000 dreams with no place to go If you give me your heart I ll give you a soul The depth of your love I'll never know
Glory ....Give me a sign Glory ….I'll give you My life
When I wake up in the morning and feel the sun shining down in my face I feel your glory When I look into that night and I see the moon and stars shining so bright I see your glory
Your love is deeper than the oceans more powerful than the mountains. Glory
I been waiting my whole life for this one special moment I got just to be with you…. ….to be with you
I been waiting my whole life for this one special moment I got just to be with you…. ….to be with you
I'm broken apart somewhere on the road 10,000 dreams with no place to go If you give me your heart I can give you a soul The depth of your love I'll never know
Glory ....Give me a sign Glory ….I'll give you My life
Glory give me a sign I can't touch your glory, its too much Glory ….I'll give you My life Its all about you, its not about me, its all about you its all about your Glory
Yes, let me feel you glory Show me touch your glory Show me your glory
this is what I pray You are my glory You are my life You are everything
There comes a time in a man's life when all he has is his faith, not his feeling, not his relationships, nor even his possessions that remind Him of past success. Sure, I want intimacy with God....but do I demand it?
Do I require signs for my faith to be sustained?
Do I love the Lord enough to strain forward DESPITE the void behind?
Do I believe in Him enough to smile to Him when all seems lost?
Is my faith strong enough to care about the lives of others when my life seems to need so much attention?
Later this month the Calvary Baptist teens are going on a trip, and they have been asked by the youth pastor (Brian Hall) to remember this verse as a prerequisite. It seems to be a prerequisite to so much more.... straining forward to what lies ahead.
"But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
(Philippians 3:7-14 ESV)
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