The opening verses remind me a message I once heard.
If Jesus can remember a donkey on the other side of town, what makes you think he can forget you? I say this to myself.
Hosanna: An expression of adoration, praise, or joy. It is what I should give God every day. It is what I will give God every day.
This entire chapter shows how anti-religious Jesus is.
Honestly i reckon i need to go to a monastery in the mountains of the Himalayas or something, i think about girls TOO much. I need space for revision. What is it about the female form though that makes it so….endearing? is that the right word?
Firstly see how God loves nature so much. Jesus compares Heaven to a vineyard. Jesus like his five a day. Heheh
What is this parable trying to tell me? It’s not how long you work but how willing you are to work. Jesus has no preferences. We are all rewarded with heaven if we accept to work, there are no degrees of Heaven, there is no upper echelon, but he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Wow I love it when scripture just rolls of my tongue like that.
Lord, I am ready to work in your vineyard. I hope I am already working in your vineyard.
Forget all the best sellers on the shelves the secrets to success lies in V26 but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
V31Then the multitude warned them that they should be quiet; but they cried out all the more, saying, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!” Society will always try to keep us from crying out to God. This is soooo true.
Lord show me how to serve more.
merci :) Have a nice day.
i like the way she
tugged on my lower lip as
we sealed a nights kiss
V22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
I think it was King David that said, Lord don’t give me too much that I might forget You, or too little that I might curse You. I’ll pray the same
Today in Church I learnt something. Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD. Reasoning is a powerful way to disarm sin. Ask yourself, what will this benefit me? If Joseph had slept with Potiphar’s wife, he might have lived in comfort for the rest of his life, but we would never have heard of him, he REASONED that God has a perfect will for him. Reason, if you steal, ask yourself, does anyone get away stealing in the long run?, does anyone get away with unfaithfulness in the long run? Nope. Applying this to myself “of what benefit is it to watch porn? It leaves shameful and bitter feeling in the heart and mind. I NEED TO REASON myself out of it.Reading the opening chapters of matt 18 I can relate to the disciples. There is this innate desire in us, well in me to have power. POWER. I want power to right the wrongs, I want power to enforce justice, I want power to strengthen equality. I want power to make the oppressed realise their rightful place. POWER POWER POWER. Those might all seem like good reasons to have power, but if I’m being honest, I want power so I can be respected. So people fear me, think twice before they speak to me, and this is translating to how I’m hitting the gym every week. I think God has taught me a lot about humility this year. There’s this girl I know, we’ve been through school together from middle school to 6th form, and she is a genius, she’s dropped 1 mark in 3 maths exams so she has 99% in her maths a-levels, over 90% in physics, and you know she does not flaunt it. She’s always there to help out; she never thinks she’s too good, even when she is. I’ve been watching her, not in a creepy way, but there is so much to learn from her. If it were me, would I do the same? There’s a streak of arrogance in me that I’m really working on. Correction: God is working on.
I ask God for humility. God resists the proud, not the devil, not demons, not angels, GOD resists the proud, if God is blocking you… well you’re screwed.
Look at Jesus – He poured out the glory of heaven, cherubim’s and angels praise, heavenly massages, heavenly jakuzis, imagine Jesus’ Lamborghini in Heaven, He gave up all that to backchat from Pharisees, he must have been restraining the angels around not to smite them lol. Humility – I need to learn it. Putting the Will of God first. Putting others second. Yourself last.
This coincides with the ending verses of this chapter, God calls us “wicked” if we do not forgive. He loved us first, so we can love others. True love is humility isn’t it.
Well thank you Lord for pointing this out to me. Show me how to continue to reflect your image and be more humble.
I refuse to lose
I expect victory, I
Am invincible
why do i write about emotions i have never felt?
is that imagination? e.g This Haiku
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Every second is
A moment when I’m with you
My life is complete
.
there is no one like that in my life yet i wrote this, hmmm
She’s the colour of
Clay used by the creator
No one can mould her
Jesus loves nature walks. He must have been physically fit – the number of times he climbed mountains! John, James + Peter were probably not used to that, lol, its probs why they fell asleep.
Has anyone ever wondered how, Peter recognised Moses/ Elijah? How could he have? There were no cameras, photos, how did Peter know?
Thank You Father for teaching me that there is nothing too trivial to bring to You.
Thank you for a new
Day and the old night, for it’s
You alone I need
It was when Peter identified that Jesus was “son of the Living God” that He began to tell the disciples when He was gonna die. Hmmm…when we know, personally know who Jesus is in our life that is when He will start revealing deep serious stuff.
Lord, thank you for my exam today, I did my best and I’ll let You do the rest. I’m not stressing. Lord I’d like to know who you personally are in my life.
Am i being selfish here? Last day of school tomorrow, intended to chill with my friends all day, as it is a friends bday as well.
But there’s a church conference on friday too. Normally i’d attend. But its my last day of school ever! Will be going to Uni come this September won’t see many of them again.
Now i’m livid, my parents are all like “you have to make a choice, you cant be hot and cold”, blaaah blaaah, blaaa, is God really number one in your life?” “where does God want to take you” my dad: “this day is insignificant to what God wants to do in your life”
I JUST WANT TO PARTY FOR MY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. Why is this so fking hard to understand?! WHY??? I spend everyday with God! EVERY DAY. Besides the countless hours i spend waiting for my parents (pastors) to finish counselling which can exceed over 2-3 hours after service, this is their argument!
I can’t wait to go to uni. This is bullshit.
