God's Love Letter to You

It's amazing that when we like someone, we do all sortsof things for them. We send flowers, we give gifts, and, my favorite, we like to write notes to the one we love. God is no different. We see the flowers he gives us every spring, and the gifts he gives us in the form of the many blessings he gives us. Yet we sometimes walk right past the love note He's sent to us. His word, the Bible, is that love letter. It's the anavoidable truth that God is not some distant creator watching what happens to His creation, or that He doesn't get directly involved in the lives of people. On Every page, if you truly are looking, you can see how much He loves you. Some passages, like 1 John 1:5-10 speak about how awesome He is and the power of His grace and love:

"5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.


8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."

I love this! God is light, in him there is no darkness! He is faithful and just to forgive us! This gives me comfort and hope for my life in a world full of darkness.

I want to challenge you all to pick up god's love letter once a day. If you don't know where to start, begin with 1 John.

If you want to hear about Jesus, there's Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. If you want to hear a love song to sing to God, look up Psalms. There's a wealth of love and knowledge that God has prepared for us to read and just listen and love Him with.

If you're struggling with an issue, Pastor Brett and I will be happy to help...post your issue, we'll find the verse that corresponds with that issue. If you want to talk about reading your Bible more, post it, and we'll talk!

I love you guys so much, and pray for you daily

In Christ,

Brian.

In peace with your crush

So this last thursday at IGNITE we talked about just being in a divine romace with God. letting your heart just trust in Him, being excited about just being in His presence, always wanting to talk to Him like He is your crush. What an amazing night seeing you all come up and pray that prayer. What an amazing generation that has chosen to fall deeply in love with God.

Today I had so much going on, planning for the Mojave trip (which is going to be awesome), planning the Tuesday night IGNITE high school, making sure everything is in order for the things we are doing for the summer, needless to say I was stressed out, and i totally forgot to do my time with God, I like all of us forgot that He is my crush, the one i should seek after daily. like I said Thursday i have been reading through Psalms and Proverbs and just journaling the journey that God is taking me through.

So I turned off my computer, sat back in my chair at my desk, took out my iPod and put on some worship music, and then I read this amazing verse in Psalms.

Psalms 4: 2-5 "How long, O men, will you turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods? Know that the Lord has set apart the goldy for himself; the Lord will hear when I call to him. In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Offer right sacrifices and trust in the Lord."

How amazing is that love letter, and right when i read that, i felt this great peace come upon me and i felt so comfortable, i closed my eyes, listened to worship music and got lost in the love of God. what a beautiful and amazing moment.

I want you to focus on what David wrote when he said "when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent, offer right sacrifices and trust in the Lord" So today and tonight i want to challenge you to do something, go in your room, lay on the bed or get in a comfortable chair. take out your bible, turn on your iPod and listen to christian worship, read some scripture, and then just rest there, ask God to meet you their, and just be in peace... let your heart feel love from Him, what an amazing God we serve, just spend time with Him, remember He is calling us to a divine romance.. and what a romance it is.

Brett