"When we fully grasp what it means to bear God's image,
we are at once struck with the
grandeur of our possibilities
and the
tragedy of our unrealized potential."
- Dick Staub
How incredibly confronting.
I have all this potential in me. I have the the Holy Spirit in me. and when I live within my own means or from my own strength, I limit the possibilities for my life. What a tragedy unrealized potential truly is!!
We've been studying the Reformation and the guys leading the way (John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, and of course, Martin Luther). In Church History in Plain Language, Bruce Shelley describes Martin Luther as "the troubled monk [who] found the love he sought through the study of Scripture." Although the three aforementioned men could be described (and with full merit) as extreme and headstrong, there's no doubt they were passionate about pursuing the Lord, not for personal gain as had traditionally been par for the course, but to be close to God.
I know some of you might be thinking, "didn't you learn any of this is history class in school? Geez." Let me just say to you that I, no matter how delayed, am grateful for and humbled by revelation whenever the Spirit brings it.
If it didn't happen seven or eight-ish years ago, thank God it's happening now!
How...favoured that my assignments, and really the heart of Hillsong, is to grow my understanding of my personal faith in The Lord Jesus Christ through which my love for God the Father has no other response but to deepen and abound.
He is good, friends.
Brothers. Sisters.
HE IS GOOD.
Allow yourselves to be awakened by the Spirit.
Don't be distracted by sin; we are a lot more disturbed by our sin than God is.
.
.
.
.
.
On a lighter note, it looks like my dream of going to Steve Irwin's zoo will be realised very very soon. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am about that!!!! And although I can't promise a great post, I can promise lots of pictures :)
And here's the past few weeks in pictures and small bits. Who doesn't love pictures, right?! Especially when they're all summery and most of you reading this will be heading into winter. If it feels like I'm bragging, I am :)
Thank you, again for stopping by and taking time to catch up on my Australian Adventure.
The Lord is building a ministry in my heart and revealing it to me day-by-day, but trust me, it's beautiful! and I'm beyond excited!
Please keep me in your prayers.
We've been studying the Reformation and the guys leading the way (John Wycliffe, Jan Hus, and of course, Martin Luther). In Church History in Plain Language, Bruce Shelley describes Martin Luther as "the troubled monk [who] found the love he sought through the study of Scripture." Although the three aforementioned men could be described (and with full merit) as extreme and headstrong, there's no doubt they were passionate about pursuing the Lord, not for personal gain as had traditionally been par for the course, but to be close to God.
I know some of you might be thinking, "didn't you learn any of this is history class in school? Geez." Let me just say to you that I, no matter how delayed, am grateful for and humbled by revelation whenever the Spirit brings it.
If it didn't happen seven or eight-ish years ago, thank God it's happening now!
How...favoured that my assignments, and really the heart of Hillsong, is to grow my understanding of my personal faith in The Lord Jesus Christ through which my love for God the Father has no other response but to deepen and abound.
He is good, friends.
Brothers. Sisters.
HE IS GOOD.
Allow yourselves to be awakened by the Spirit.
Don't be distracted by sin; we are a lot more disturbed by our sin than God is.
.
.
.
.
.
On a lighter note, it looks like my dream of going to Steve Irwin's zoo will be realised very very soon. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am about that!!!! And although I can't promise a great post, I can promise lots of pictures :)
And here's the past few weeks in pictures and small bits. Who doesn't love pictures, right?! Especially when they're all summery and most of you reading this will be heading into winter. If it feels like I'm bragging, I am :)
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| KIDSFEST @ the Hills campus! |
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| 100th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy. (Prince Harry was in town!) |
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| Ferry ride in front of the Opera House. Saw the house where "The Great Gatsby" was filmed! |
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| Sunset at Bondi with my Buddhist buddy. (we're role-playing Buddhism in class) |
Thank you, again for stopping by and taking time to catch up on my Australian Adventure.
The Lord is building a ministry in my heart and revealing it to me day-by-day, but trust me, it's beautiful! and I'm beyond excited!
Please keep me in your prayers.
"For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.
On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,
and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
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