Playing the tune of angels song...: May 2009

Friday, May 29, 2009

"Basilea '09"

Basilea '09 was AMAZING~!!!

for the past three years i've been blessed and have been taking advantage of going on this leadership summit at Saranac Lake~

and everytime, i come away amazed at how God continues to reveal Himself through people, friends, and nature.

dang...

and everytime i really miss it afterwards, heh

but dang...

it starts now,

when we're all back home, and the emotional high can't last forever..... but now, we're forced to live this lifestyle called "Worship" with the word "Kingdom" in mind of everything of we do.

but the amazing thing about God and this past week, is that worship isn't forced..... it's as natural as a lifestyle should be!

in our response to a voice that made the heavens and the earth...

how could we NOT respond!... doesn't make sense~

¹ The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

² Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.

³ There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.

-Psalms 19:1-3

amen.

Hunter IV Fam~ Basilea '09 generation~holla!

some watertubing

i call this the gluttony of man~ "BIG COOKIE"

i call this...."the Peace of God"

Sunday, May 17, 2009

"Problem of Pleasure"

So today, got to see Mr. RAVI ZACHARIASSS at Brooklyn Tabernacle church and let me just say....... wow.

i took notes to the best of my ability, but the dudes lyrical capacity and substance for each point is..... beyond legible..... i was tryna taking notes at such a fast pace i was unable to read what i had wrote down, heh.

ne way,

as small of a paper i had~ i did my best to get some points down, peep.

"Problem of Pleasure"

Dr. Ravi Zacharias

1-Anything that refreshes you w/o diminishing or distracting you from your final goal, is a legitimate pleasure.

-illustration from Judges of the 300 soliders

take time to write down -->"What is the mission statement of your life?"

2-Any pleasure that jeopardizes the sacred right of another (life of another) is an illicit pleasure.

-your calling (no matter what it is) will test you character.

3-Too much of any pleasure, however good or kept in balance, will distort reality or destroy appetite.

Proverbs 25:16

"If you find honey, eat just enough—

too much of it, and you will vomit."

Conclusion 1: all pleasure must be bought at the price of pain

2: Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain but from pleasure.

3: The closer you get to pure pleasures, the closer you get to the heart of God; the further you get to impure pleasures, the further you get from God.

4: True intimacy touches your heart & soul.

of course Ravi expounds much more than noted here, but basically sometimes we're always worried about the problem of pain... we look past the problem of pleasure.... which is just as great an issue.

sometimes we get too comfortable and sometimes we just don't care....

don't waste your life....