This is Google photoshop entitled God's View. We hope & believe that God is more involved when we pray. We want God to be an accuser (of someone other than ourselves!), an excuser, a chooser, a blesser and a blessing when we pray.
As the top of the blog says, my family & I belong to AMIA (Anglican Mission Churches in the Americas) part of the Church of England. The Queen of England, Elizabeth II, is the Defender of the Faith as part of her duties she swore when she became Queen of England. The Defender of the Faith explained quite clearly and beautifully what the Christmas story really is. Queen Elizabeth II, explained to live and serve those in need as Jesus did, she asked her citizens and, by example, followers & believers of Jesus Christ, to follow His supreme example. I felt such gratitude it brought tears to my eyes. The Queen of England boldly spoke of Jesus and for Jesus.
God save the Queen
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7150000/newsid_7152800/7152829.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&nol_storyid=7152829&bbcws=2
Today, we had a very interesting sermon. The point remembered for this blog today, people fall into 4 categories: accusers, excusers, choosers, and blessers. Our priest made the point that we can all identify ourselves as one of the 4 parts, but we can choose a fifth category... to be a blessing. We can see that God is all 5 parts. We can also choose to climb out of our behaviour and become, truth with mercy, and be an accuser, an excuser, a chooser, a blesser and a blessing.
Acts 7:47-60
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him. 48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
49 “‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, 53 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”
54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
God save the Queen
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7150000/newsid_7152800/7152829.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&nol_storyid=7152829&bbcws=2
Today, we had a very interesting sermon. The point remembered for this blog today, people fall into 4 categories: accusers, excusers, choosers, and blessers. Our priest made the point that we can all identify ourselves as one of the 4 parts, but we can choose a fifth category... to be a blessing. We can see that God is all 5 parts. We can also choose to climb out of our behaviour and become, truth with mercy, and be an accuser, an excuser, a chooser, a blesser and a blessing.
Acts 7:47-60
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him. 48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
49 “‘Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, 53 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”
54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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