Hillsong United: The Stand Live in Miami

This is a powerful worship song from Hillsong United. They recorded this video in Miami. The lyrics of the song are simple yet it communicate the message about how a Christian believer should declare his/her faith towards God.

 So I'll stand with arms high
And heart abandoned
In awe of the one who made it all

I'll stand, my soul,
Lord, to You surrender
All I am is Yours

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Billy Graham Preaching Who is Jesus?

Who is Jesus? Do you know Him? Why is it that He is so popular?

Billy Graham delivered one of the most powerful preachings or teaching about Jesus. He has preached the Gospel to more people in live audiences than anyone else in history—nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories—through various meetings, including Mission World and Global Mission. Hundreds of millions more have been reached through television, video, film, and webcasts. He is one of the preachers that we admire most because of his humility, uncompromising sermons, and messages full of zeal.

Billy Graham-Who is Jesus part 1 of 3

Billy Graham-Who is Jesus part 2 of 3

Billy Graham-Who is Jesus part 3 of 3 

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - Jesus Christ

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Powerful Worship Song: Awakening by Hillsong

Worshiping our Lord is never difficult to do. We are born to worship. The reason we live is to worship our Creator. The Bible says: In all circumstances, give thanks! There is a huge impact if we wake up each day having a heart for worship. Being thankful to God for His blessings and that fact that He has given us another day to live. It is but fitting to give back to God and to worship Him sets up a wonderful platform positioning ourselves to receive His new blessings.

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For You and You alone 
Awake my soul Awake my soul and sing 
For the world You love 
Your will be done 
Let Your will be done in me

God Is Able By Hillsong Live / Hillsong Your favorite Hillsong worship leaders offer a symphony of God-inspired brand-new songs! Includes Reuben Morgan's arrangement of the title track; Joel Houston's "Rise"; "The Cry of the Broken" from Darlene Zschech; the anthemic chorus "The Lost Are Found"; "Unending Love"; "Alive in Us"; "Narrow Road"; "My Heart Is Overwhelmed"; "You Are More"; and "The Difference."

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Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead – Philippians 3:13 (TLB)

As we flick the calendar to a new year, we come face to face with the fact that our days on earth are numbered. As the Psalmist wrote, “Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” No thoughtful person can approach New Year’s Day without some introspection. We are reminded of the brevity of time. We also look back over our failures, mistakes, and missed opportunities, and vow that we will make better use of our time during the coming year. We should take time to be pleasant, to smile, to extend the small courtesies we often omit—to show love to our family. Psychiatrists tell us that most people are starved for love. Take time for the goodbye kiss; we shall go to work with a sweeter spirit. Let us take time to get acquainted with our families. We are not machines. We are not robots. The secret of a happy home is that members of the family learn to give and receive love. Let us take time to express our love in a thousand ways.

Prayer for the day

As I begin a new year, Lord Jesus, I pray that my walk through the days ahead will be filled with Your love for others, a love that does not count the cost.

Source:  
Billy Graham Daily Devotions 
Jan 1, 2011 BGEA Association 

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The Toughest Part is Getting Started

"Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, 'Go south to the road -- the desert road -- that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' So he started out..." Acts 8:26-27a

Phillip had this really big ministry going on in Samaria. He had started it; run into some difficulties; and solved those problems with the support of Peter and John (the big guns from the Jerusalem church). Now it was flourishing -- people were hearing, believing and being baptized. It was growing and it was perfect.

Have you ever felt that way before? A new job, project, or ministry was tough at first but with a little help and a lot of hard work -- it was now successfully sailing along (almost on auto-pilot). Then God says "Go to _________." For me, this is the most challenging part of my Christian walk -- leaving behind the familiar and getting started in a new direction. I have a tendency to say, "Wait Lord; isn't what I'm doing good? I'm just now beginning to make a big impact. Can't I stay here for a while longer and enjoy the fruit of my labor?" The Lord's answer (from verse 26), "Go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza."

At this point we all have a choice to make -- pretend we don't hear the Lord and do what we've been doing; or change direction. Verse 27 tells us what Phillip did, "So he started out..." Phillip conquered his doubts and trusted God. I think that's why being a Christian is so often referred to as a "path," "journey," "road," and so on. It's also why it is so rewarding, interesting, exciting and frustrating -- we are not in control, yet God is able to use our unique talents and abilities in ways we could never imagine. The key is getting started. How do we get started? By taking the first step -- it's the way to begin anything -- stop thinking about all the pros and cons and get moving. An act of obedience in faith is the cornerstone to a joyful and fulfilling life in Christ.

Questions to Ponder:

Over the years, what have been some of your "acts of obedience"? Have you ever chosen to not obey? What was the outcome? What about when you overcame your doubt and you started in a new direction -- what was the outcome? Is God giving you a new direction today? Will you take the first step?

Source: Daily Devotionals
The Pocket Testament League
http://www.pocketpower.org/
Photo: http://www.rccggrays.org/files/inlineimages/Evangelism1.jpg

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Drawing Near to Him in Prayer

How shall I tell you what to draw near to God is? It is prayer, but it is more than prayer. I bow my knee, and I begin to ask the Lord to help me in my time of trouble. I tell him what my trial is. I put up my requests, uttering them with such words as his Holy Spirit giveth me on the occasion; but this alone is not drawing near to God. Prayer is the modus operandi, it is the outward form of drawing near to God; but there is an inner spiritual approach which is scarcely to be described by language.

Shall I tell you how I have sometimes drawn near to him? I have been worn and wearied with a heavy burden, and have resorted to prayer. I have tried to pour out my soul’s anguish in words, but there was not vent enough by way of speech, and therefore my soul has broken out into sighs, and sobs, and tears. Feeling that God was hearing my heart-talk, I have said to him, “Lord, behold my affliction; thou knowest all about it, deliver me. If I cannot exactly tell thee, there is no need of my words, for thou dost see for thyself. Thou searcher of hearts, thou readest me as I read in a book; wilt thou be pleased to help thy poor servant! I scarce know what help it is I want, but thou dost know it. I cannot tell thee what I desire, but teach me to desire what thou wilt be sure to give. Conform my will to thine.”

Perhaps at such a time there may be a peculiar bitterness about your trouble, a secret with which no stranger may intermeddle, but you tell it all out to your God. With broken words, sighs, groans, and tears, you lay bare the inmost secret of your soul. Taking off the doors of your heart from their hinges, you bid the Lord come in, and walk through every chamber, and see the whole. I do not know how to tell you what drawing near to God is better than by this rambling talk. It is getting to feel that the Lord is close to you, and that you have no secret which you wish to keep back from him, but have unveiled your most private and sacred desires to him. The getting right up to Jesus, our Lord, the leaning of the head, when it aches with trouble, upon the heart that always beats with pity, the casting of all care upon him, believing that he cares for you, pities you, and sympathises with you — this is drawing near unto God. It is good for me to draw near unto God, if this be what drawing near to God is.

From a sermon entitled "An Assuredly Good Thing," delivered July 4, 1869.
Source: The Daily Spurgeon http://www.thedailyspurgeon.com/

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You Are God's Conduit

It is God who works in you... Philippians 2:13 NKJV

A conduit is a channel through which things like water and electricity move from one point to another, and you are God's conduit! You are designed to be a free-flowing channel for Jesus Christ Himself. God has chosen you to be His 'change-agent' in the earth. In the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:10) the original Greek says, 'Come thy kingdom. Be done thy will' Jesus no longer walks among us physically, but He has given us His mandate and all the power we need to carry it out. In other words, it's going to happen through you. God promised 'Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours… ' (Deuteronomy 11:24 NKJV). We bring the influence and benefits of God's kingdom wherever we go. The problem is, our 'receivers' don't always work. It takes faith to believe we actually hear God's instructions, just as it takes faith to believe an unseen radio wave is passing through our living rooms. Because we're confident of that reality, we tune in, receive and transmit.

Scientists tell us that the greatest metal conduit is pure gold. According to the Bible, 'the genuineness of your faith… much more precious than gold… ' (1 Peter 1:7NKJV). Certain obstacles can block our ability to receive and be conduits for God. If our hearts are hard, our wires are down, or if we're unaware of our identity as conduits, we go through life without tapping into the power God's given us. We must be full of the Word of God, and most importantly, spend time in intimacy with the Lord in order to be God's conduit.

Source:

The Word for Today

with Bob Gass - Tuesday, 26th January 2010

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