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Posted on 27. Aug, 2008 by loswhit in Authenticity
God is teaching me…
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27. Aug, 2008
Period.
Trevor DeVage
that he is even bigger than I ever give him credit for….
Randi :)
That when we seek Him and expect to find Him - He is everywhere. Anywhere.
Cody
that I aint sh*t.
Bobby Jones
…that the help of man is worthless. With God we will gain the victory… Psalm 108:12-13
rick
… but am I paying attention in class?
Marcelo
…to be still and know that he is God.
Michiel
…to trust Him.
Jason Harrison
what true love is.
Daniel Dulaney
…that it requires more faith to “Go” and pray for God to close doors than to sit on your “blessed assurance” and pray for God to open doors.
samgamgee
about walking/being and not rushing/doing
Aaron Blevins
to have a little faith… which is enough to move mountains.
J.C.
about priorities and that my heart needs renovation
Amy Storms
…that I don’t need to know all the details about the future. I just need to obey today.
Matt Clark
Nothing (this morning).
Which means He’s saying something now, “Hey… come spend time with me”
Gotta go… dad’s calling.
Jesse
that He really does love me because He allowed me to wake up this morning after what I thought, did, and said yesterday.
Toby @ WTLF
He will speak to different people through different avenues
nicole
that he CAN and WILL do more then i can ask or imagine….. so why am i worried or planning
Matt Bunk
…that he is bigger than this.
Heather
Discipline
AnnieBlogs
that He is my portion.
Travis Williams
the strength of learning from those who are at a place where I want to be.
paul
… to stop being such a control freak
bub
that I really do need Him to overcome myself.
Rachel
to stop hiding.
Rita
that the Bible really does have answers.
Greg
how big He is.
VickiS.
to be anxious for nothing even when I can smell the breath of the monster that’s trying to eat me.
Stacey
self control
nickhoss
…to be proactive in patience, guarded against over-commitment, and sensitive to His Voice.
haemin
to let go! and live by his timeline, not society’s.
Crystal Renaud
to let go of control.
Tracey
persistence and continuity.
Wish it would sink in. ~:-)
Jason Bedell
…to lead through the fear of failure. Man it’s tough.
Julia
…that I need Him. i was in a car accident last week which could’ve been really bad but God protected us and is (sweetly?) breaking me through it. it hurts but it’s sweet.
Adam Lehman
all those stresses with ministry that I thought I was “above” are actually starting to wear on me
C.Harv
that I am dependent on Him.
Kyle McDonald
…how to rely on Him even on the smallest of things.
…what I’m really passionate about in life.
Steve Murphy
…that when my life seems out of control, His isn’t.
Jenn
to be real.
bryan allain
…to ask for wisdom from others when I’m trying to figure something out.
… that HE IS and I’m not.
Carole Turner
To build someone elses vision, submit to the authority I am under and help them with the dream God gave them. It may not be my dream but one day I will need people to help me and submitting will always come back around in life.
The great thing is, I am learning a lot about humility, serving and dieing to self.
Lisa @ put-it-on-the-list
… that I should seek His call for MY life, not anyone else’s (i.e., I should seek to by who He wants me to be, not long to be someone else).
Leo
…how misunderstood he is and how we “christians” have it all wrong
Scott
…that to be who I should be will take discipline and perseverance.
Mike Moore
…that my family is more important than church..
Chris Topher
That He is more interestedin me living His purpose for me than in being productive and popular… and it is hard and I am scared. But I am called to be a psalmist and I know He has given me sufficient grace.
Akash
To rely on Him for everything
…to take things slow. I can’t do everything!
GrahamProuty
that life’s challenges are a magnitude of scale; if i make it through this challenge with faith and trust in Him, He will bring on the next challenge - a little bigger, and more daunting than the last… will I continue to Trust Him?
Sean Pritzkau
to not stress out about the million things I have to do in the next 48 hours but give them to Him.
McCall Queen
to trust, have patience, and to wait. His plan & timing is perfect…I far to often forget that. Also, that in order to grow & hear Him I have to be in His Word daily.
ally
that I can trust Him completely.
Jake
that there is a difference between ‘wanting’ to spend time with Him and actually spending time with Him are two totally different things.
John
that fertilizer doesn’t always work.
sorry for the crappy grammar. forgot to proofread
Lemmings
a lot through my kids on how much He loves me and wants me to rely on Him more.
Sully
about the adventure of chasing after Him
Eli Ruggles
… that most of what I thought I knew is wrong.
Chris Chowdhury
to get through transition with patience rather than pity.
Sharon
…that His ways are not my ways
Kevin Lloyd
Patience, how to be a better husband/dad, selflessness. I know those are random…but that’s it.
amy sanders
how to be a better steward of this earth and my body
Bridge
to trust His Love - and that He knows and works all things together for my good because of His Love.
craig
what “Sabbath” means for me in today’s culture…
and, ironically, not quickly enough!
Mike High
…to trust Him despite my frustrating circumstances.
Evan Courtney
grace
Cami
that His ways are better than anything I could ever ask or imagine.
Andy Denen
…not to try so hard to please Him and earn His favor, but to just trust Him.
Tina
to open my horizons.
Anna
that He is all I need
Heidi Reed
…to trust Him alone and not to fear.
CoryT
…that at some point along the way, I have drifted from my first love, and I need to fight like hell to come back.
…that He is going to work things in His time, regardless of how fast I think He should do them.
…that He is more than enough.
Malachi
…to hear His voice and to take Him at His word.
alyssa
…to quit making lists, and to be willing to take leaps of faith.
Abs
patience…
christian
trusting in HIS provision and plans - not mine!
Joni
to stop whining and act like a big girl.
meg
that my doubts are ok-he has all the answers.
Jackie @ Family Daze
that He is here to fill all the empty places.
Brooke
that He will provide if i just trust him.
tabitha
that he really does have a plan for me.
Lindsay Best
…to find Him everywhere and to be joyful.
Eric
that when I pray for him to help me live for him, I’m wrong . . . instead, He wants to live through me.
ruthie
A lot of patience. A lot. And faith.
Jay King
To live my life moving forward and not backward…..its the only way I can keep going!
Brian
…to not always pick what is comfortable.
Liege Davis
… how to sit and wait. Patience…
erin
a lot
Silvana
…to prioritize my life and what matters the most.
Traci
He is bigger than all problems and is involved in the details
Josh
. . . how to keep moving forward
Sarah
…how to hear and obey in the seeming silence.
Kristie
what contentment is.
Chris Baker
To approach people with a grace-centered attitude rather than a judgement-centered one. And to rely on Him in times of need and that He is my full and complete satisfaction.
Brandi
…patience.
He is always teaching me patience.
I wish he would just give it to me, COME ON, GOD.
Jo-Jo
to humble myself, and to be patient.
Angela
patience, patience and more patience… and to slow down and look for him in the small things of life. Like giggles from my kids,and the growth from all this rain and storms, even though I am afraid of bad weather!
Andrew Tagliaboschi
to sit down and shut up
Justin Brackett
… That the dreams I have, are not his. Because they are to small..
Gary Durbin
“…for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.”
Copper Nelms
Trust him, even when I cant see the end. I am having to just remain patient. My dilemma is do I start a church plant or take over the church I am in now. I don’t know yet which one is him. So I trust that he is going to lead me in the direction he wants me.
Sunnie
To slow down and take care of myself and He will take care of me.
Rob
Tolerance and patience as I trust in him.
Michael Harrison
love more …. expect less
Keith
Not to spend time reacting, but to do what I’M needed to do.
Robin
To lay things down and trust him to take care of them. Then quit worrying about when he’ll get to it.
Jen
patience
mike
what it means to be in friendship
amy
patience and how to totally rely on Him through this adoption
Michelle
to love my husband selflessly
Matt
to simply trust.
Jenny
the Jesus way instead of the religious way!
Andrea
how much I DON’T need!
Ali
that when He calls you somewhere, He will move “mountains” so that you can get there
Ruthie
We all have issues in life we are dealing with. I call it my thing. You have yours and I have mine. I will love you unconditionally with your thing, but I will love you enough not to leave you there. I will walk beside you, hold you up, give you to God but not leave you to walk it alone. I am in it for the long haul.
mike p
that HE doesn’t need my help in the way of manipulating things that HE has shown me. He doesn’t want me to get in there and give it a little push of my own to help it happen… He wants me to wait on Him and allow Him to show me, once again, that He is Lord of all.
Nolan
that my actions care more for myself than for Him.
that i need to love like Jesus, not just admire him.
Liz
to stand firm in following all of his Biblical teachings not just the ones that are popular to the majority of my friends/family.
Carrie C
To be more patient in Him and in everything else in my life.
I’m failing miserably….
Wendy D.
(***This should have been posted a couple of days ago, but I didn’t know if you checked old posts for comments)
Carlos,
You don’t really know me, but we did meet one day at Buckhead Church. I have been following your blog for about six months.
I know that this is not going to be a popular post, but I just feel compelled to let you know how I feel since you seem to be striving for an authentic community here. I hope that my heart comes out here, rather than my emotion that may prevent you from hearing what I have to say; please know that I am trying to be as rational as possible.
I have been really upset by the posts you have made that subtly infer that the people at Buckhead Church were not truly worshipping until you decided to teach them how. I was even more upset when you posted “Close The Gap - My One Year Anniversary at Buckhead Church” I have not ever been to Sandles church and it is clear that you love it. Although Buckhead Church may not worship in the same way, it is entirely off base to suggest that we don’t worship. Further, it is not fair to suggest that one must raise their hands, dance, or move at all to worship. Clearly I can’t speak for the entire church, but I can speak for the people whose hearts I know and they WORSHIP – in God sized ways. I have experienced some of the most powerful worship in my life in the old grocery store location of BC. However, your public reticule of the corporate worship has damaged their experience of worship at Buckhead Church and several of them have left. I believe that it is less about the outward expression and all about one’s heart. I am not suggesting that BC has nothing to learn about worship, but I am suggesting that a leader should be respectful of his followers and their personal journey with God and as well as their individual differences. We have a powerful opportunity in the Buckhead area, but if you define successful worship as the number of people who are raising their hands, I have a feeling you will continually be disappointed. I know that things felt different at the Night of Worship, but they always do. The people who come to Night of Worship or Community Celebration, etc. are largely people who have a relationship with the Lord…rather than an auditorium filled with seekers. Those are always powerful services and of course it will feel different.
Basically what I want to say is that, while people here on the blog who don’t know BC, will applaud you in your quest to get BC to “worship,” it saddens me that you would judge the hearts of the congregation so openly in ways that feel disrespectful, and harsh. I think if there is something that is preventing BC to connect with God in a deeper way, we should walk along side them to find out why.
I am not going to post this anonymously because I want to make myself available if you would like to discuss this. My heart is for Buckhead Church and for the Lord’s Fame and Renown.
I will email you my contact info. I would also other’s input from Buckhead Church if they feel differently.
Stephanie
to trust that He goes before me.
Jessica Eveland
to love even when it hurts.
Ben
That, in the midst of my 3-month-old son having to have surgery, He is in control. He hasn’t taken his hands off the wheel. http://benandjacq.tumblr.com/tagged/baby
BIlly
that we don’t see His power more because nothing we are doing requires it…ouch.
meghan
that despite the fact that i feel WAY overwhelmed, HE’s got it all under control and thinks i can take the responsibilities even if i don’t think i can
Lisa
that humility in leadership is non-negotiable.
ash
i wrote this at about 3:00 am the other day. “I’m sitting here. Wondering and having my heart twisted round and about. I can’t contain it. This is all so messed up. I can’t sleep. My mind doesn’t stop. It revolves around this one question that I can’t really seem to answer. Are you there? Really? Or is this some joke. A scheme? I’m here and I am willing to give you my life. I am. I am here. Are you? Are you listening? The world is laughing at you. You are rules. You are boundaries to them, limits. I am sitting here thinking that maybe they are right. That all these questions really won’t be answered because they can’t be because you don’t exist. There’s the world. And then there’s you. What is the connection? Why is there so much space? Why do we have to think about things so much when the answer could be love. But no, it couldn’t simply be just love because there is still pain. What’s the connection?? The link. The end to questions. I can’t wrap my mind around you. Who are you? Do I truly know you? You are too much for me. What’s the connection?? There’s this world and all of the questions, and doubts, and theories, and ideas, and lies, and opinion. And then there’s you and your love. This love I can’t explain. This love that I can’t seem to fathom. So, where’s the link. Why is it so hard to understand??? Why are there so many doubts. Why do I doubt?? Why are you so far. I don’t have answers. I can’t explain it. I’m left here alone screaming I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU. And they say it’s just my theory. It’s just my opinion. What connects opinion and you?
Maybe the connection…
…is me?”
Randy
that i need not compare myself to Los.
Casey
Loving with patience.
tracy
The power I have because of the Holy Spirit in me. I easily forget!!
Kendra
Amy Auel
to trust Him
Julie
Patience. And that while I may not see anything happening in my life, He’s at work.
gbrad@mag
that the Gospel is simple, we make it complicated,and that as long as we draw near to him He’ll draw near to us. . . just like He said he would.
Thank you Wendy D for not posting anonymously.
Randi
Phil 2:5 To have an attitude like Christ. Boy, this week has really challenged me on this one!
That I live in the United States, and although I know it’s unnecessary to have any other identity than loving God and loving people, that because He’s placed me here I also have the identity of teacher, Aggie, church member, etc. And that’s ok, because I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be (even if I just wanna be back there…).
Hey Wendy. Again. Thanks for not posting anonymously. See anonymous people out there!!! It’s possible. Since we have apparently only had one conversation face to face I can see how my passion for comfortable Christians to become uncomfortable in their worship can seem harsh. I know that I am not going to convince you otherwise in this response so I am not going to try. But I will say a few things.
When I pay the bills I am worshiping God. When I take out the trash I am worshiping God. When I said…”the vision God has placed in my heart to see a church within the city of Atlanta striving towards authentic worship on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.”, I meant it. It is not a popular place to come into an orginization and point out a sore spot. But leadershi
