Thursday, August 2, 2012
Heart to His Heart: You Ain't No Outsider!
Heart to His Heart: You Ain't No Outsider!: You thought I forgot about this blog now, didn't ya? Well...you were right! :) Naturally, at 1:07am I decided to reminisce through my ol...
You Ain't No Outsider!
You thought I forgot about this blog now, didn't ya?
Well...you were right! :)
Naturally, at 1:07am I decided to reminisce through my old Facebook stuff, and saw a link for the blog! I was beyond excited when I remembered about it. I thought for a bit about what I would like to write about, and I came up with this:
At the beginning of this Summer, I worked at an incredible summer camp called Camp War Eagle. That place is anointed. Seriously! The Lord really rocked my world there.
While there, I felt like I was supposed to read the book of Ephesians.
I will be real with you here, I hadn't really read a whole lot of Ephesians in my lifespan. I probably should have, but I haven't. Which is why is was really strange why I suddenly wanted to read this book!
What I read changed my life.
Those who know me know that I tend to write, speak, and basically do anything in absolutes! But this calls for an absolute! Really, it absolutely changed my life. I think I may have found a passage of scripture that sums up the whole gospel. The whole message of Jesus.
Get ready for your world to be rocked by God.
"You're no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You're no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone.
God is building a home. He's using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation.
Now he's using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home."
Ephesians 2:19-20 (The Message)
Wow.
I will give you a minutes to soak that in.
In fact, read it again if you would like.
My favorite part is when it says:
YOU ARE NO LONGER A OUTSIDER.
In other words...
YOU AIN'T NO OUTSIDER!
Isn't that incredible?
In Jesus, we are no longer outsiders.
We are now ALWAYS in on the inside scoop.
We are in his inner circle.
We can be his best friends.
I feel freed by the fact that it says,
"God is building a home. He's using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building."
No matter where you are in life, no matter what you have done, no matter where you have been, he can use you. He is building something big. He wants you. He wants me. He wants everyone.
He is placing us all in "brick by brick."
Jesus wants to use us all.
All of us have different strengths.
All of us have different purposes.
It's this simple; he loves all of us.
JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE.
He's the common ground.
Hillsong just came out with a new album called "Cornerstone"
It goes along well with this blog. Listen and be blessed.
Whoever is reading this blog, know this:
God is building a home.
He's inviting you in.
And he knows, you deserve the best!
Be Blessed,
LB STAR
Well...you were right! :)
Naturally, at 1:07am I decided to reminisce through my old Facebook stuff, and saw a link for the blog! I was beyond excited when I remembered about it. I thought for a bit about what I would like to write about, and I came up with this:
At the beginning of this Summer, I worked at an incredible summer camp called Camp War Eagle. That place is anointed. Seriously! The Lord really rocked my world there.
While there, I felt like I was supposed to read the book of Ephesians.
I will be real with you here, I hadn't really read a whole lot of Ephesians in my lifespan. I probably should have, but I haven't. Which is why is was really strange why I suddenly wanted to read this book!
What I read changed my life.
Those who know me know that I tend to write, speak, and basically do anything in absolutes! But this calls for an absolute! Really, it absolutely changed my life. I think I may have found a passage of scripture that sums up the whole gospel. The whole message of Jesus.
Get ready for your world to be rocked by God.
"You're no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You're no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone.
God is building a home. He's using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation.
Now he's using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home."
Ephesians 2:19-20 (The Message)
Wow.
I will give you a minutes to soak that in.
In fact, read it again if you would like.
My favorite part is when it says:
YOU ARE NO LONGER A OUTSIDER.
In other words...
YOU AIN'T NO OUTSIDER!
Isn't that incredible?
In Jesus, we are no longer outsiders.
We are now ALWAYS in on the inside scoop.
We are in his inner circle.
We can be his best friends.
I feel freed by the fact that it says,
"God is building a home. He's using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building."
No matter where you are in life, no matter what you have done, no matter where you have been, he can use you. He is building something big. He wants you. He wants me. He wants everyone.
He is placing us all in "brick by brick."
Jesus wants to use us all.
All of us have different strengths.
All of us have different purposes.
It's this simple; he loves all of us.
JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE.
He's the common ground.
Hillsong just came out with a new album called "Cornerstone"
It goes along well with this blog. Listen and be blessed.
Whoever is reading this blog, know this:
God is building a home.
He's inviting you in.
And he knows, you deserve the best!
Be Blessed,
LB STAR
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