Another little milestone in my year.
I have just finished outlining the New Testament, I have been doing this by re writing each verse in my own words, then summarizing the paragraph. And I've finished, I'm very excited especially since I'm about to go on a little break and it's nice to have things finished I can spend some time deciding what the next project is, though Jeremiah is going to get a lot of attention from me as I decided to focus on outlining the New Testament after I finished phase two of Jeremiah, so here I come Phase Three.
Yeah for me
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Singing Theologians
One of the values of our "harp and bowl" model is that we want to be a "singing seminary" (seminary is bible school). I've been thinking more than usual about this. How do we become singing theologians? How do we go from people who get together and sing around a verse to people who go deep in the Word? the answer is obvious. We go deep in the Word ourselves. Spending "long and loving hours meditating on the Word of God". Because at the end of the day, it's the Word that transforms our hearts, it's the Word that is eternal, it is the Word of God hidden in our hearts that keeps us from sinning.
I want the Word written on my heart, and it costs something - time! But the fruit is so worth it, I know I feel the most alive when I am in the Word and the Holy Spirit is teaching me things.
I want every person on our team to be able to preach on whatever Psalm we are studying. I want us to have the Word rooted in our hearts and cleansing our minds, being washed with the water of His Word.
I really want the Word written on my heart.
Amen, let's stand.
I want the Word written on my heart, and it costs something - time! But the fruit is so worth it, I know I feel the most alive when I am in the Word and the Holy Spirit is teaching me things.
I want every person on our team to be able to preach on whatever Psalm we are studying. I want us to have the Word rooted in our hearts and cleansing our minds, being washed with the water of His Word.
I really want the Word written on my heart.
Amen, let's stand.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
It's been a while....
Two weeks in fact. Mainly because I have to confess that I do not schedule blogging so it only happens on my Sabbath or before I go to bed. Another contributing factor has been wondering if I have terribly much to say at this point in time, but I will do my best.
1) It is very hot in Kansas City (NZers I'm talking 35-40 degrees)
2) It will be hot when I go home in February, I don't have dates yet but I will probably be there for about a month
3) Loving people takes time, lots of time, an abundance of time and I'm thankful that God loves it and enjoys it when we love people.
4) I am getting better at learning where all the states are in the US thanks to a quiz site I found online.
5) Only 12 chapters left on the New Testament outline
6) I am taking a class "Preparing the Way of the Lord" which is about counseling and prayer ministry, I'm excited about it
7)The Lord is good and his mercy endures forever.
Wendy
1) It is very hot in Kansas City (NZers I'm talking 35-40 degrees)
2) It will be hot when I go home in February, I don't have dates yet but I will probably be there for about a month
3) Loving people takes time, lots of time, an abundance of time and I'm thankful that God loves it and enjoys it when we love people.
4) I am getting better at learning where all the states are in the US thanks to a quiz site I found online.
5) Only 12 chapters left on the New Testament outline
6) I am taking a class "Preparing the Way of the Lord" which is about counseling and prayer ministry, I'm excited about it
7)The Lord is good and his mercy endures forever.
Wendy
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Of maggots, chiggers and couches
I know how can these three things be in one entry? Answer: I have encountered adventures with all these three in the past week.
Maggots - well, this really isn't me, so much as my wonderful, kind, servant hearted flatmate Amanda. It was her turn to do the trash this week. And the trash had maggots. Yuk yuk yuk. I came home and saw the trash out a day early, then I came into the house with the kitchen smelling rather clorox like. Yes, Amanda cleaned all the maggots out. But then we had another problem. Earlier in the week I had cleaned up a bag of trash left outside that animals had gotten into (note: in New Zealand there are not any animals that would get into our trash, except sometimes my cat) it smelled real bad. So we decided the only solution was to go to wall mart and get a trash can at 7am. So we did and we got to see a whole set of people who get up at that time to go to work. Interesting crowd.
Chiggers - for my New Zealand readers. Chiggers are insects that bite you, but their bite itch WAY MORE than your average mozzie bite. I got about 28 chigger bites on my legs. Self control takes a whole meaning
Couches - today four wonderful male fitn interns came with their core leader to do the couch swap. Because our landlord is moving into our old house she wanted the couches from the house we live in now (she bought all the furniture for our house), so I asked Alan (the core leader) how he would feel about some male bonding over moving my couches, he said yes and the guys came round and did it in like 15 minutes with great attitudes. One of them seemed keen to do yard work too. I made cookies for them as payment, which they were going to have with their manly lots of meat bbq.
That's my story.
I like the people I live with
Wendy
Maggots - well, this really isn't me, so much as my wonderful, kind, servant hearted flatmate Amanda. It was her turn to do the trash this week. And the trash had maggots. Yuk yuk yuk. I came home and saw the trash out a day early, then I came into the house with the kitchen smelling rather clorox like. Yes, Amanda cleaned all the maggots out. But then we had another problem. Earlier in the week I had cleaned up a bag of trash left outside that animals had gotten into (note: in New Zealand there are not any animals that would get into our trash, except sometimes my cat) it smelled real bad. So we decided the only solution was to go to wall mart and get a trash can at 7am. So we did and we got to see a whole set of people who get up at that time to go to work. Interesting crowd.
Chiggers - for my New Zealand readers. Chiggers are insects that bite you, but their bite itch WAY MORE than your average mozzie bite. I got about 28 chigger bites on my legs. Self control takes a whole meaning
Couches - today four wonderful male fitn interns came with their core leader to do the couch swap. Because our landlord is moving into our old house she wanted the couches from the house we live in now (she bought all the furniture for our house), so I asked Alan (the core leader) how he would feel about some male bonding over moving my couches, he said yes and the guys came round and did it in like 15 minutes with great attitudes. One of them seemed keen to do yard work too. I made cookies for them as payment, which they were going to have with their manly lots of meat bbq.
That's my story.
I like the people I live with
Wendy
Luke 23
In an earlier post I mentioned Luke 23, so here is the blog concerning this scripture. I was reading this scripture before we had communion with our interns and was struck by two things.
Firstly, everyone knew that Jesus didn't deserve to die, the Pharisees knew it, they had to pay people to give false testimony. Pilate knew it, he says it like 3 times that Jesus has done nothing to deserve death. Even the thieves on the crosses next to him knew he was not guilty. The Judge of the whole earth who is going to judge everyone in righteousness was condemned guilty and deserving of death, and he didn't deserve it. I did. I'm the one who deserves to die, not Jesus, but he died the death that I deserved that I may live eternally with him. Selah.
Secondly, it says in 1 Corinthians 13 that love does not seek it's own, that was a temptation that Jesus faced at the cross. People saying "If you really are the Son of God save yourself" "He can save others but he cannot save himself" Jesus could of saved himself, no one took his life from him HE LAID IT DOWN, and it's because he is God that he didn't because love does not seek it's own. How often do we have the temptation to save ourselves, to look after ourselves first but Jesus has the ultimate expression of love in the cross. He did not save himself, he knew what he was doing for the sake of love.
Luke is cool
Wendy
Firstly, everyone knew that Jesus didn't deserve to die, the Pharisees knew it, they had to pay people to give false testimony. Pilate knew it, he says it like 3 times that Jesus has done nothing to deserve death. Even the thieves on the crosses next to him knew he was not guilty. The Judge of the whole earth who is going to judge everyone in righteousness was condemned guilty and deserving of death, and he didn't deserve it. I did. I'm the one who deserves to die, not Jesus, but he died the death that I deserved that I may live eternally with him. Selah.
Secondly, it says in 1 Corinthians 13 that love does not seek it's own, that was a temptation that Jesus faced at the cross. People saying "If you really are the Son of God save yourself" "He can save others but he cannot save himself" Jesus could of saved himself, no one took his life from him HE LAID IT DOWN, and it's because he is God that he didn't because love does not seek it's own. How often do we have the temptation to save ourselves, to look after ourselves first but Jesus has the ultimate expression of love in the cross. He did not save himself, he knew what he was doing for the sake of love.
Luke is cool
Wendy
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