HUNGRY???: Help!

Why the Blog? Why Passion?

For those of you who don't know me, this page may appear at first glance to be a shrine to a particular group or a particular people. However, I hope that you are able to see past the seeming repentiveness and see the heart behind the words, videos, and images.
Shortly after first moving to Texas in 2002, I became acquainted with a ministry/movement called Passion. At first hearing, it was quite evident in the things that they stood/stand for and the passion with which they indvidually and corporately live out their lives, that Jesus Christ the Son of God and Saviour of the World, was the heartbeat behind it all.
Ever since that first introduction, I have seen time and again, the genuiness and transparency with which this group of people live their lives out.
More for my own self than anything else, I started this blog as a place to collect these images, thoughts, and videos, along with other things that God spoke and revealed to me that I might re-visit them from time to time...
Short of printing everything out and makes books and books of "inspirational stufff" I decided to compile everything right here, and rather than just being for myself, I thought you might want a peek into my world.

Monday, April 21

Help!

Scripture

Jesus said to him, “You believe because you see me. Great blessings belong to the people who believe without seeing me!”- John 20:29 (ERV)

Meditation

The story goes that a man slipped and fell off a cliff while hiking. Fortunately, he was able to grab a branch on the way down and, holding on for dear life, looked down to see a rock valley far below. When he looked up, he estimated it was about twenty feet to the cliff where he had fallen. He yelled, “Help! Help! Is anybody there?” A booming voice spoke up, “I am here, and I will save you if you believe in me.” Panicked yet hopeful, the man responded, “I believe! I believe!” The voice said, “If you believe me, then let go of the branch and then I will save you.” Hearing what the voice said, the man looked down, and then looked up again. Pulling himself up onto the branch, he shouted upward, “Is anybody else up there?”

Sound familiar? We initially believe, but when we don’t see God at work or feel His presence—or when what He asks us to do something that seems too dangerous—we search elsewhere for help. Yet today’s verse says “great blessings” await those who believe the Lord without having to see or feel. Where are you? On this day after Easter, renew your trust in God and His Word.

Prayer

Lord, help me to avail myself to Your Word and to Your presence in prayer. Then stimulate my faith in You and Your ability to rescue me. I rest in my knowledge of You. Amen.

-taken from BibleLeague Verse of the Day