The Lesson

Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain and gathering them around him, he taught them:

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven,

Blessed are the meek,

Blessed are they that mourn,

Blessed are the merciful,

Blessed are they that thrist for justice,

Blessed are you when persecuted,

Blessed are you when you suffer,

Be glad and rejoice for your reward is great in Heaven."

Then Simon Peter said,

"Are we supposed to know this?"

And Andrew said,

"Do we have to write this down?"

And James said,

"Will we have a test on this?"

And Philip said,

"I don't have any paper."

And Bartholomew said,

"Do we have to turn this in?"

And John said,

"The other disciples didn't have to learn this."

And Matthew said,

"May I go to the boys' room?"

And Judas said,

"What does this have to do with real life?

Then one of the Pharisees who was present asked to see Jesus' lesson plan and inquired of Jesus, "Where is your anticipatory set, and your objectives in the cognitive domain?"

And Jesus wept.

-From How Your Church Family Works (understanding congregations as emotional systems)

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He Loved Me To The End

I won't give up, He loved me to the end

I will press on, He loved me to the end

I'll set my mind on things above,

He loved me to the end

and so will I love Him

I have to give Him everything

Be faithful unto death

Oh, He loved me to the end

To be with Him in paradise

He loved me to the end

I'll be clothed in a robe of white

He loved me to the end

I'll cast my crown at the feet of Christ

He loved me to the end

And so will I loved Him

Be faithful to the end

We will overcome, we will overcome, we will overcome

By His blood, by His blood

Pre-Call Rally

We went to Pre-Call Rally at Angelus Temple yesterday. It was basically the preparation for the Call Nashville (7-7-07). I was very blessed by the whole time we were there. It was so great to soak in the spirit and worship. Time just went by like a flash. Abigail was really good the whole time. She slept soundly and peacefully through the worship and at some point, was lifting her little hands in worship and intercession! How cool is that?

Seek His face And Not His Hand

Why do I love Jesus? This question suddenly popped up in the midst of my busy day. Do I love Him because I have to, since He is the King of kings and Lord of lords? Do I love Him because I need to, since He has the absolute power to bring me favors and things I go after in this short life on earth?

I once loved Him for what He could potentially give me. I sought after Him for the needs of "getting ahead and getting things" in life. I loved Him with an agenda. Then I became jealous of others who seemed to be getting more things from Him than I did. I was bitter toward Him. Why couldn't Jesus love me the way He love so and so? The story of many lives.

It was because I never knew how deep His love is. He loved me even before I knew Him. He loved me even before I could possibly notice Him. He loved me even when I acted in disobedience. He loved me even when I chose to prostitute myself to quench my inner thirst for power and for love.

"Delight yourself in the Lord, He will give you the desire of your heart." Which one comes first, the delight or the desire? I thought I NEEDED to delight myself in the Lord first, THAN I can get the desire of my heart. The plan was to get my desire fulfilled. So when I didn't get my desire, it's hard to delight in the Lord. But I got it all backward. When I truly delight myself in the Lord, He becomes my Desire. His Face is what I seek. Because when I look into His Face, all I could think about is the person I want to be and not the person I used to be.

Seek His Face and not His Hand.

One thing I need to be constantly reminded is that we are loved by our Heavenly Father. It's not because of what we do or what we have accomplished...we are loved because we are His. This fact alone is enough for Him to fall head over heel over us.