My Son and Tithing

My son recently said to me we are not under the Old Testament, but the New Testament. Which he says you give (Tithe) whatever, as long as you give it from your heart. So while on my way to work I thought about what he said. And, this is what I am going to share with him shortly... The Old Testament tells us what to tithe (10%) the New Testament tells us "How to do it" "Cheerfully".

What was in that CUP?

Luke 22:41-44:

41And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

43And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

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Below Adrian Rogers comments...

And, what was in that cup? Think of it this way…

If I passed a cup to you and asked you to empty all your sins into that cup – every dirty thought, foul word, selfish deed, lie, ect. Everything you’ve ever done would be in that cup.

Now, pass that cup to the billions of people who are alive on the face of the earth and let them put their sins into that cup.

Then go back through time to Adam and Eve and up until the time when the trumpet shall sound and time shall be no more, and let all humanity put their sins into that cup – rape, sodomy, arson, abuse, lasciviousness, drug addiction, abortion, pride, lust, envy demon worship, and every form of slimy, filthy violence.

Now do you have a picture of the cup from which Jesus drank?

Why am I still hurting?

If I truly trust in the Father. How could I possibly suffer as a doormat? What might be perceived as being a doormat to man, may very well be the Father at work in another. My heart shouts “Use me Lord”.

It doesn’t matter what anyone including ourselves perceive. Just what the Lord says, about us. If He says I’m this, I’m this. If He says I’m that. I’m that.

I’ve talked about my childhood hurts for almost 40yrs. I would hear, “let it out” “get it out”. Who get it out, me???? ME fix ME. Not going to happen.

How it happen for me is allowing Jesus in me more, and more. Starting in the morning, reading or listening to God’s Word. Staying in Prayer throughout the day. By putting more of God in me, the junk from my past starts emptying out. I can get this hurt out without talking about it.

Reminds me of the Glass of Water analogy I heard. Take a tall glass of dirt (dirt represents all the junk in your life that you’ve heard, seen, experienced (sin). Put it under a sink start running the water into it (Water represents the Word of God). After a while that dirt (sin) will start to go away. That dirt could also be all the hurt you’ve experienced in your life.

Issue's and My Ride to Work

It seems that anything we go through.. Finance, Faith, People, or any other issue's. At the end of the day we only have God's Word to turn too. It covers everything. Although I know we need to live by faith, man... I need God to stir me up and others. I need to be able to physically touch Him, or Him me. I need this life changing experience. I need this Hope. I need the Holy Ghost to fall upon me. I do believe I already have all this in me, yet at times I find myself questioning is it enough. I understand by Faith. But on the way to work, sometimes listening to the Word of God, the horrorable (did I spell that right), feeling comes over me, is God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost real? And, when I think of that possibility, I feel physically ill, and heartbroken. So I say to God, I need to know. Help me. I then look around at the sky, trees, sun, moon, and stars, all of life and realize this all testifies of Him. Then still in the car on the way to work I praise and worship Him. Knowing I've been through this ride before, and probably will take it again.

Jesus or anything else!

You must choose. You don't have the option of not choosing. I've heard it said "if you say I will not choose" you've made your choice. It's Jesus or nothing. I choose Jesus. Does this mean I am going to be perfect? No! But, everything I do... especially when it is even in the slightest wrong, I am convicted by the Holy Ghost. The flesh wins on occasion. But as I walk with the Lord, throughout the day, in constant prayer, always keeping Him in mind, I am growing. I try to stir up a desire of just Godly things, I fail at times. But I am getting better. I thank the Lord for constant movement in my life, and he is doing what no one else was able to do, he is training up a child in the way he should go... that's me... and that could be you. I know I don't know it all, but that's ok. He will never leave me or forsake me, he will always be with me. Peace He has brought into my life. Circumstances, situations, what I can see with my eyes, doesn't matter. I BELIEVE He has me there, and He is giving me the opportunity to learn, and the Holy Ghost will guide me. The true Love.