Comments on: 2 questions http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Glen Galaxy http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7926 Glen Galaxy Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:27:13 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7926 That's just it. Somewhere along the line we bought into the idea that intellectual discipline would make for a deeper more consistent relationship with Father than coming to him with our passion, urges, good times, secrets, and emotions totally given over to him. Some philosopher somewhere said these were the baser parts of humanity, and imagined that God would want something loftier from us. Human emotionalism is flaky. But God's emotions are pure, intense, beautiful - they know absolutely no bounds. He literally wants us to feel what he feels. He looks after us with such passion, such <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jeremiah 31.3;&version=50;"target="_blank" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">inexhaustible affection</a>; there is absolutely nothing he won't knock over to be with us in the pure place of Spirit and truth. He'll be patient, he'll draw us along with cords of lovingkindness and tender mercy. But we just can't settle out for a surface relationship with him any longer. All this time he's been reaching out coaxing us into <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=zephaniah 3.17;&version=50;"target="_blank" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">moving like he moves</a>, speaking like he speaks, feeling like he feels, thinking like he thinks, loving like he loves - really <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ephesians%203.16-19;&version=50;"target="_blank" rel="nofollow">diving headlong</a> into him like he has into us. There is <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2corinthians 3.17;&version=50;"target="_blank" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">a place for us in God</a> where we get to completely abandon ourselves. Standing invitation >> That’s just it. Somewhere along the line we bought into the idea that intellectual discipline would make for a deeper more consistent relationship with Father than coming to him with our passion, urges, good times, secrets, and emotions totally given over to him. Some philosopher somewhere said these were the baser parts of humanity, and imagined that God would want something loftier from us.

Human emotionalism is flaky. But God’s emotions are pure, intense, beautiful – they know absolutely no bounds. He literally wants us to feel what he feels. He looks after us with such passion, such inexhaustible affection; there is absolutely nothing he won’t knock over to be with us in the pure place of Spirit and truth.

He’ll be patient, he’ll draw us along with cords of lovingkindness and tender mercy. But we just can’t settle out for a surface relationship with him any longer. All this time he’s been reaching out coaxing us into moving like he moves, speaking like he speaks, feeling like he feels, thinking like he thinks, loving like he loves – really diving headlong into him like he has into us.

There is a place for us in God where we get to completely abandon ourselves. Standing invitation >>

]]> By: Melani http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7900 Melani Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:32:38 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7900 "the reason the church is having trouble touching culture today is that people in the church haven’t really let themselves touch anything, especially God. we’ve given hell all the tangible stuff - our passions, our urges, our good times, our secrets, our emotions. this explains why you see church-people still visiting hell periodically to feel something, anything …or you see church-people opting to become cold emotionless drones." This has been in my head for days. It's so true. It's really easy to assume if I'm excited enough about something, or interested in something enough, that it's going to get in the way of God and I've got to stop. I think a lot of people in the church are on a mission to train themselves to be confined, associating almost every good emotion with the devil. It is easy to worry about accidentally being too flaky with God though. “the reason the church is having trouble touching culture today is that people in the church haven’t really let themselves touch anything, especially God. we’ve given hell all the tangible stuff – our passions, our urges, our good times, our secrets, our emotions. this explains why you see church-people still visiting hell periodically to feel something, anything …or you see church-people opting to become cold emotionless drones.”

This has been in my head for days. It’s so true. It’s really easy to assume if I’m excited enough about something, or interested in something enough, that it’s going to get in the way of God and I’ve got to stop. I think a lot of people in the church are on a mission to train themselves to be confined, associating almost every good emotion with the devil. It is easy to worry about accidentally being too flaky with God though.

]]> By: beef http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7815 beef Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:24:36 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7815 Yes. Yes. Yes. His intention is more. There will always be a moving to more. He is doing so in love. Like a father teaching his son/daughter. It is done in love, not to condemn. He does so for positive reasons. To obtain the FULLNESS of Christ! Bro thank you. Glory be to God. But I do want you to know that there are brothers and sisters that are truly reading/listening. Yes. Yes. Yes. His intention is more. There will always be a moving to more. He is doing so in love. Like a father teaching his son/daughter. It is done in love, not to condemn. He does so for positive reasons. To obtain the FULLNESS of Christ!

Bro thank you. Glory be to God. But I do want you to know that there are brothers and sisters that are truly reading/listening.

]]> By: Glen Galaxy http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7759 Glen Galaxy Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:41:09 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7759 That's it. It is way too easy to be overwhelmed and run. Some people hear "there's more!" and start jumping up and down for joy - they want more. Then there's other people who hear "there's more!" and immediately think "what? so then what i've got isn't good enough?" The call to go deep in God is all about love, all about experiencing God's death-defying love and really getting to know him there. There is no condemnation there. The trick is learning to never hear God's calls or challenges as criticism. We live constantly taking hold of the lifeline of God's word and being pulled into a realm (called the kingdom of God) where we have absolutely no natural means of functioning! All of hell can try to get in the middle of that and make God's miracle lifeline look like a whip exposing your failures, but know that God has thrown himself headfirst into seeing you walk as he walks in the realms of the supernatural. He'll win, hell won't. No matter what it looks like now. Please please infinitely please learn to love the impossibility of it all - that's the place where God's glory can truly be revealed in you. That’s it. It is way too easy to be overwhelmed and run. Some people hear “there’s more!” and start jumping up and down for joy – they want more. Then there’s other people who hear “there’s more!” and immediately think “what? so then what i’ve got isn’t good enough?”

The call to go deep in God is all about love, all about experiencing God’s death-defying love and really getting to know him there. There is no condemnation there.

The trick is learning to never hear God’s calls or challenges as criticism. We live constantly taking hold of the lifeline of God’s word and being pulled into a realm (called the kingdom of God) where we have absolutely no natural means of functioning! All of hell can try to get in the middle of that and make God’s miracle lifeline look like a whip exposing your failures, but know that God has thrown himself headfirst into seeing you walk as he walks in the realms of the supernatural. He’ll win, hell won’t. No matter what it looks like now.

Please please infinitely please learn to love the impossibility of it all – that’s the place where God’s glory can truly be revealed in you.

]]> By: beef http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7732 beef Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:58:10 +0000 http://souljunk.com/2007/09/30/2-questions/#comment-7732 Yes! Actually EXPERIENCE HIM. First-hand. I know trials will come, please don't run from Him. He knows what He is doing. Be patient. Things will not be as you thought they were. Please continue. You are not alone and the Lord sees all. Much love!!!!!!!! Yes! Actually EXPERIENCE HIM. First-hand.

I know trials will come, please don’t run from Him. He knows what He is doing. Be patient. Things will not be as you thought they were. Please continue. You are not alone and the Lord sees all.

Much love!!!!!!!!

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