Some times learning is not easy!

Today for the first time in ages I knew God DID want me to sing the ministry song..
This is not a moan...but my work day stated out bad, improved ever so slightly later on but went quickly hill after lunch. I am not saying this to boast but that I had to learn something today!

Now i am not one to say that the enemy doesn't want this to happen or that to happen but i really get the feeling that he didn't want this today..
I am supposed to be at church for 7:30 pm to prepare but didn't get home till 7:15 due to work issues

IN the past I have made the decision to not attend church when things have gone bad or when I have come home late from work.

Recognising that Satan does not want us to carry out Gods work or to hear his word can sometimes be a slow process and for me it has taken a fair while, I mean I knew this in my head but not in my heart!
God wants us to want to do his will, to hear his word and to carry out the job he has given us
If we do these thing and follow his way then the gate of hell will not prevail!

Matthew 16:18
"And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."

Some times learning is not easy!

To Obey is better than sacrifice

I recently wrote a post regarding Sacrifice and before that one regarding an issue we had in our Church (We or I...does it really matter)

I remember praying about the I and we thing and remember feeling God saying to me that it doesn’t matter what matters in that you are obedient. I was still unsure until recently.

Our Church hold several Holy spirit teaching sessions each week.. These are not services but where we are taught. This week we were learning about obedience and also what it means to be disobedient. The scripture below was read and I can honestly say my life can never be the same.

1 Samuel 15

Has the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices,
as in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed than the fat of rams.
²³For rebellion is no less a sin than divination,
and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has also rejected you from being king.’ (NRSV)

When God asks us as individuals or as a church to do something then we should obey being obedient to Gods Word is far more important than anything else.

John 14

¹⁵If you love me, you will obey what I command. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counsellor to be with you forever— ¹⁷the Spirit of truth

²³Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. ²⁴He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

Tithing, Facebook and Sacrifice

It dawned on me just today (as i was sat playing games on facebook!), God asks for 10 % of ALL we have. This isnt just a financial request but MUST include time.
That equates to 2 hours 24 min's per day its not really a huge amount.
then I thought were will Get this time from....

As I sat on facebook I thought..... I wonder how much time I spend on facebook per day. Not over 2 hours usually( although it has been known) but that SHOULD be God time. Time dedicated to my ministry or time dedicated to a bit of bible reading or time spent with God in prayer or in his presence.

Now I am certainly not anti facebook quite the opposite! but i should not be spending more time on facebook or twitter or Myspace than I spend with God

Right now I cant honestly say God is asking me to give up facebook but I am asking myself would I be willing to if He asked me. What else would I be willing to give up if asked?

2.5 hours is nothing really, we could all find this time if we look.



Hebrews 10:14

because by one sacrifice HE has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.