receive it.

And the Spirit of God endures forever. We are His portion and He IS OUR PRIZE. His thoughts and love are ONLY peace for us. He is not confusing, HE IS TRUTH. We are broken and He is THE HEALER. He and HE ALONE is the ALMIGHTY KING. His Kingdom is being brought down to the earth! We are HIS LIGHTS. He SHINES through us. He does HIS works THROUGH us. We are chosen and loved by the Savior of the WORLD. He is with us NOW. We do not have to wait, the Holy Ghost dwells within our hearts. The heaviness we feel time to time is our Father in heaven FIGHTING for our soul, rising up against the evil thief. Do not worry, HE IS VICTORIOUS!! The war IS won! We can be and ARE saved. Believe in that, believe in Jesus that He came for us to lay down HIS life for our failures. we are not, HE IS.

HE LOVES US.

If i fail, will You still run after me?

My friend Benton introduced a song God gave to him to a group of men last night at Murder Creek. This song arose the idea that when we as humans are broken, bloody and dirty God still runs after us. We began the song and as the Spirit lead I began to sing and think about that I fail God time and time again, yet He still runs after me.

It is so easy to feel bad about yourself when you fail. It's almost as if we think God wants us to feel bad about things we have done. Honestly, I don't think that is what God wants at all. Satan wants us to dwell in our sorrows and beat up ourselves about them. We are breaking God's heart when we sit in our shame. The answer is to rejoice in God, rejoice in Him always.

To let God be lifted high in our lives is to let God invade our lives. Over time these things that bring us guilt and shame will be shown to us by God and cleansed by Jesus' blood. I am number one when it comes to beating myself up about life. I'm only beating myself up because I'm looking for the "RIGHT" way to live. Do you think that there is ONE right way to live? We should be more devoted to learning, living, and knowing God's will for mankind.

Back to the idea of God running to us. He is! It is so wonderful we could run so "far" from God and simply stop, turn around, and see Him. Chasing after us. He loves each and everyone one of us and only wants peace in our lives. No matter how messy things are, He is peace amongst that.

SO, thank you Benton for being open and sharing what God has given to you.

"the Lord is gracious
and slow to anger
He is rich in love
He is good to all"

Made alive!!

"The same power that conquered the grave lives in me, Your Love that rescued the earth lives in me!"

CHRIST IS RISEN!!!!!!

i cannot thank You enough.

The body stands upright in a position of surrender. This moment, placed not by coincidence but for a very purpose, is special. As the stars are numbered and the vastness great, we join up with the atmosphere to seek Life. Our King is glorified and our hearts are content. Our mouth and our hearts align to spill out meaning. This is His time. This is worship.

In the life of a Christian this weekend is the most incredible time of the year. Although it is something that would help if thought of daily, the cross symbolizes this holiday. It is Easter time! It comes once a year and no matter what is going on in our lives it will be celebrated. It is a time to say thank you to our God and recognize that we have been forgiven.

"So i'll stand, With arms high and heart abandoned, in awe of the One who gave it all."

Worship.

But I have done so many things wrong. The past few days have been crappy. I fell into temptation this morning. I got into a fight with my parents. I am broken. I think I am ugly. I hate myself. God, are you listening?

Breathe.

Satan, go away! "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;...."

These distractions are all lies. It is so easy to say that is hard to worship and thank God for all the things He has done when are heads are full of junk, dirt. It is a lie. These things cannot keep us from true worship.

"neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Lay this lie down with me, that things can keep us from our God. It is not true. It is death working hard around us. Death is not Life.

"...I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." - Jesus

Father, let us give thanks to you always. Let us not fall into belief that things can separate us from You. Guard our hearts from the evil one in Jesus name. Let Your cross bring Life to us this weekend and always. Thank You for being pierced. Thank You for praying for us so many years ago. Thank You. God, thank You.

divinely placed

In the sweet, sweet moments that God blesses a time of worship with His Spirit, the energy is overwhelming. At times, you just want to cry, others fall to your knees without second thought. This evening was a sweet moment in God's story. God chose that room inside of Buckhead Church to fill with His spirit. God moved, like the Santa Ana winds blow without warning or a signal saying; "Here comes God." No, He chose to explode at a moments notice. Thank You God for that. Thank you for allowing us to encounter the Living God. Thank You for what you have done for us, are doing for us, and will do in the next. Thank You for being pierced, thank You for speaking truth, thank You for loving our Father and Thank You for being crucified for our rebellion against God.

Lord, You are such a sweet song. Your spirit is a movement that knows NO limits. God, You bring laughter that cleanses the soul. Thank You.

Wooo!

written before.

How beautiful. The true Love at last! He is so bright. He is so flexible and seems to move with the wind. How incredible. How glorious. Lift Him high up. Higher. He deserves it and wants it. He will in return give gifts of grace.

I shall remember this. The Savior is above the thief. He saves...because He is the Savior. Oh, how i love you.

return.

"Oh, if you would shine your love down here,

I promise I'd reflect right back at you."

- Copeland

Friendship...

...is such an incredible thing. The idea of community is such a beautiful thing. People working together to lift each other up and be an encouragement to one another is simple what we are called to do.

The Lord knows that I can be a hurtful person and that my words can sting deep to people. My prayer has been that I would be cleansed of judgmental thoughts and replace them with interceding prayers. God CAN remove anything that is darkness. How can He not? He is light. The darkness inside of me has no place there, it does not belong. Would you agree the only thing that can replace darkness is light?

Father, light up the dark. Show forgiveness where it belongs. Convict my heart that can be full of judging and hurt. For YOUR name's sake light up the dark. Amen.