VBS 2011 – Day 1

Scripture: NKJV from biblegateway.com
Romans 12:1-2
Living Sacrifices to God
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Philippians 2:5-11
The Humbled and Exalted Christ
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Proverbs 16:3
3 Commit your works to the LORD,
And your thoughts will be established.

Romans 15:1-6
Bearing Others’ Burdens
1 We then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification. 3 For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” 4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:16
16 For “who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Romans 8:5-8
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Hebrews 8:10
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

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I keep having it impressed upon my spirit to get into God’s Word. Toward that end, I am doing as a daily devotional a blog for the rest of this year – www.whateveryjointsupplies.blogspot.com - from Psalm 119, all Scripture. Today’s Verse of the Day from www.biblegateway.com is “But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”” Matthew 4:4 NKJV ; to me, that just confirms what I’m doing.

And I received what I took as another confirmation yesterday. I took some of my grandchildren to a church for Vacation Bible School. I hadn’t planned to go to the adult class because I thought I was going to have to sit in the classroom with one of the younger children, but that was not necessary. So sitting unprepared as I was in the adult class (no Bible, nothing with which to take notes, etc.), the speaker posed a question about discipleship – what it means to be a disciple. The first verses that the speaker spoke from, regarding his topic of being seekers of Jesus, were Matthew 22:34-38.

The Scribes: Which Is the First Commandment of All?
34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”
37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment.

Wow … I had just used a corresponding verse from Mark in the blog I did before coming to church, so that got my attention. The speaker went on to share his views on what it means to love the Lord with our minds, referencing Deuteronomy 6:5 (which I also put in my blog!), Romans 12:1-2, Philippians 2:5, Proverbs 16:3. He said that the things in the Old Testament were written for our learning, and the things in the New Testament were written for our living (I found Romans 15:1-6 as reference for part of this.) I waited for some things that didn’t happen – for him to say that we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16), or mention the difference between the carnal and spiritual mind (Romans 8:5-8), or marvel at God’s grace in promising to put His laws in our minds (Hebrews 8:10) – but maybe that is coming later on this week, or maybe that’s just for me. (The Bible in which I was looking these verses up after I got home had a fairly recent program from a church service I had attended where the topic was discipleship …hmmm.)

Anyway, a verse was mentioned that I’ve been thinking about lately (especially being so immersed in Psalm 119 and thinking about God’s Word):

Psalm 138:2
I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

... as we were reminded that the journey is / can be as important as the destination.

…and my journey with Him continues…

About the Cross…

Songs: The Beauty of the Cross, Crystal Lewis (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs-M1T_m4kc)
Beauty of the Cross, Jeff Johnson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwkmLr_xydY)
At the Cross, Gaither Vocal Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BN95l8UuTQ&feature=related)
Near the Cross, the Mississippi Mass Choir (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mtD2N4gss0)
The Old Rugged Cross, Shelby State Gospel Choir (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejU3FIgwmJ8&feature=related)

Scripture: NKJV from biblegateway.com
Matthew 10:38
And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Mark 8:34
When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Luke 9:23
Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
Luke 14:27
And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Christ the Power and Wisdom of God
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written:
“ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Glory Only in the Lord
26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; 28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, 29 that no flesh should glory in His presence. 30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— 31 that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the LORD.”

Philippians 2:5-11
The Humbled and Exalted Christ
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Colossians 2:13-15
13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.

Hebrews 12:1-2
The Race of Faith
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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The first time I heard the expression “the beauty of the cross” I had a problem – I couldn’t see any beauty in what I considered an instrument of torture, of pain, of death. But as time has passed, it seems to me that there can be a savage, terrible beauty in some things where it wouldn’t normally seem so, depending upon one’s perspective. Because of what was achieved through the events that transpired on the cross where my Savior died, I can now see a beauty in it because of Him.

“The Cross” is another subject that has come up with me lately, from hearing concerns expressed regarding the removal of crosses in Christian churches as a means to grow membership, to reading of controversy about allowing crosses on public land (http://odb.org/2011/07/04/controversy-of-the-cross/). Even as I write this, I am remembering a couple of times when I had opportunity to grow spiritually because of the cross:

• Once, I had on a pair of earrings shaped like a crosses when I went into an auto parts store. It was pretty crowded and I was preoccupied with whatever was going on with me and my car, so I just wanted to get whatever I was buying and get out. The guy who ended up waiting on me wanted to talk, but I didn’t. As my transaction was just about finished, he asked me about my earrings – what the cross meant to me. I was pretty short with him as I gave an answer; then I completed my business and left. But I was soon convicted as I felt the Lord was letting me know what the cross meant to Him - what had been accomplished at the cross and at what price. I felt really bad – not only for taking the cross (and with it my Lord’s sacrifice there) for granted, but also for the way in which I did not represent the love of God exhibited on the cross in my interaction with the guy at the auto parts store. After repenting to God, I went back to the store a few days later to apologize, but was told that the person I was looking for no longer worked there.

• Another time, I was with someone when we met up with a person they knew who had a crucifix. The person I was with started fussing, telling the other person that they shouldn’t have a crucifix because Jesus was no longer on the cross. I had never really thought about the difference in an empty cross or a crucifix, as to me they both symbolized the same thing – that Jesus did die on the cross for our sins. At the time, I was not sensing any of the love that was shown us in His sacrifice in the tirade I was hearing but was saddened as I felt judgment, legalism, separation, disunity and other negative emotions coming forth. I left them, wondering if we really “get it” … if many of us who consider ourselves Christian - indeed, if I - really understand the significance of the cross and, if we do, what difference it makes (and what difference it should make) in our lives.

So I will meditate with awe and profound gratitude on the cross of Christ - endured as part of His obedience in the fulfillment of His purpose, accepted as His path to victory, displayed as a symbol of His love for me – and what it means in my desire to follow Him.

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Ephesians 2
By Grace Through Faith
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Brought Near by His Blood
11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Christ Our Peace
14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

Christ Our Cornerstone
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

…and my journey with Him continues…

Freedom’s Price

Songs: Pray for the U.S.A, by The Clark Sisters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqv0Z0LgWsc&feature=related)

Scripture: from biblegateway.com
Isaiah 61, New King James Version (NKJV)
The Good News of Salvation
1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me,
Because the LORD has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”

Galatians 1:3-5, New King James Version (NKJV)
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Galatians 2:20, New King James Version (NKJV)
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

1 Timothy 2:5-7, New King James Version (NKJV)
5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 7 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

Titus 2:11-14, New King James Version (NKJV)
Trained by Saving Grace
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

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Been noticing a few things as of late:

• I was at the airport to pick someone up, and was waiting in the designated “Arrivals Lobby” area. Just looking around, I suddenly heard clapping, and turned in time to see some people in military uniforms coming down the hallway that led from the terminals. I was distracted by something else (doesn’t take much!) and looked away, but heard clapping again and looked back to see some more uniformed passengers arriving in the lobby. This time, I paid attention long enough to see that the clapping was coming from about three people who were wearing the red aprons of the USO, and that one person from their group always went out to meet / greet the service man or woman. I didn’t know that they did that … I’m glad to know that they do, though. I hope it helps …

(DUH!!! It just hit me that I could have gone to stand with the USO folks and helped welcome the military personnel!!! I didn’t even think about it at the time. What a difference it may have made to the service men and women to have a whole bunch of folks – not just 3 USO representatives – thanking them and welcoming them by clapping … if I hadn’t already promised to babysit tomorrow (and was going to be without a car), maybe I would go out to the airport and at least for a while show my appreciation for the military by joining the USO in clapping a welcome. I’ll have to check on that for another time…)

• I happened to see a film on television called, My Father’s Flag. There were several things in that movie that also struck a chord with me:

 “Freedom is not free.” I remember seeing that saying on a sign outside an American Legion location and thinking how true it is.
 Not too long ago, I happened to notice a POW / MIA flag flying outside of a small town courthouse. I had meant to look up the conditions for flying that flag, but haven’t gotten around to it … yet.
 The issue of how Vietnam veterans feel about their service and the support they received, or not, as compared to veterans of other wars was mentioned on some reality show that was on recently.
 The value of a life. I was watching another show (wow – seems like I’ve been watching a lot of television lately, or what?) and it was stated that a person who had previously not been viewed as of any worth was ascribed value because of someone else’s feelings about / attachment to / sacrifice for that person.

I am grateful for the service rendered, the sacrifices made, the hardships endured by all who serve this country in the military to help ensure our continued freedom.

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Romans 5, New King James Version (NKJV)
Faith Triumphs in Trouble
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Christ in Our Place
6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

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But I am most grateful to my Heavenly Father, and to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, for all that has been done in providing such a perfect, full and complete salvation for us, for me…

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Romans 8, New King James Version (NKJV)
Free from Indwelling Sin
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Sonship Through the Spirit
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

From Suffering to Glory
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. 23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. 24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

God’s Everlasting Love
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:
“ For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

…and my journey with Him continues…

The Comedian’s Platform

Songs: You Brought the Sunshine, The Clark Sisters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ddeBHw3P_0)
I Smile, Kirk Franklin (http://www.vevo.com/watch/kirk-franklin/i-smile/USZM21100052?source=instantsearch)

Scripture: NKJV from biblegateway.com
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

John 15:11
“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

I saw a television program recently about Will Rogers. It was shown in this program how comedy gave him a platform for influencing people and impacting the times in which he lived.

Comedy seemed to be a theme as I saw an interview with a Christian comedian named Nazareth on another television program ([Life] Reflections). Nazareth shares how comedy gives him a platform for sharing God’s truth.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ReflectionsTV#p/u/9/6RZSFf7fPUA
Part 1; from 9:14, Nazareth tells how God uses his comedy
http://www.youtube.com/user/ReflectionsTV#p/u/31/m41ce73x5Tc
Part 2; @ 10:53, Nazareth shares his testimony, how and why he came to faith in Christ

I found myself crying with joy in hearing how God is using comedy, using laughter to bless people and bring them to Himself. And my heart was full(bringing more tears) in hearing Nazareth share his testimony, just being aware of the ways that God reaches into our lives and captures our hearts, captivating us with the revelation of His love for us, of our need for Him. I could only thank God for His wonderful, amazing grace and mercy toward us…

…and my journey with Him continues…