Weekend of Worship in TN & Beth Moore

This weekend, I had the opportunity to lead in Oconee TN with some of my Macon friends. I couldn’t get anyone to ride with me so It was just me and Jesus and it was quite a ride let me tell ya! I listened to Beth Moore’s talk from the Passion 05 conference. She is so anointed wow… so passionate to know Jesus more, never settling, never ceasing to find joy and amazement in Father. A few things pierced my heart and will remain with me forever; it pierced the first time I heard it last January during the actual talk and it was so good to find encouragement in her words the Lord was speaking thru her yesterday in my car ride again.

“May my “public” zeal for Christ never exceed my zeal for Christ in private, in my closet, in the darkness, closed up in my room….private. Another way she put it, “My fake, Jesus Bravo”. So easy to come to encounter and get caught up in the “flow/sway” of worship, find your self hidden in the midst of the 800+ students? Then you have this “public zeal” of Christ but your left empty in private a fruitless life. Wow, such a perspective giving concept.

So, that was my car ride (with no wrong turns, no getting lost! yay) just Jesus, heavy in the car… Spurred me on in never settling for less then the power of the cross… its promise and its atoning magnificence…renewed my mind to the things of Heaven and its holy dweller, always guarding my thoughts with the shield of faith and the sword of truth, as to extinguish the devil’s fiery darts. That I might be empowered, upon the day my life here is over standing before my Lord, laying the extinguished darts at his feet, and proclaim… “There is my God for whom I trusted and loved!”

Burdened for these kids to experience the living God in the midst of worship in spirit and truth, the Lord was so faithful to answer our prayerful cries before we began the worship set each nite. Comfort zones were broken and stepped out of, freedom, love and joy was experienced. I pray that they continue to press into Jesus for in Him is unfailing love and empowerment that will cause this broken world to kneel to one Holy Creator God.

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”

“I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death.”

C.S Lewis

Amazed,
ZEB

Smart people needed...

For one reason or another, im trying to attain a deeper understanding of "santification" your thoughts...?

The Son Superior To the Angels

In small groups last nite we discussed our purpose in life... ultimately we came to the conclusion that we are to live daily for the Glory of Father and then reflect it the best we humanly can in our lives. Hebrews 1. 2-4 describes what glory is defined as.. it basically states its Jesus, its His radiant face and presence seated at the right hand of the Father!

"The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs"
"... therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy."

Awake each morning claiming, yearning to find ultimate Joy in Him... for if this fails... you will seek fulfillment from the world, from friend's acceptance, that boyfriend or girlfriend's love, self seeking love... this fails everytime because its something that only an eternal something can fulfill. Find joy in the face of Christ, the source of Glory so that you can reflect in its totality and in humbleness!


Amazed,
ZEB

Luv Dat Community and Feb 6!

Thank you so much to all who thought of me on the b-day! I love the fact that as i was logging into my email i got a warning msg. saying i must delete some of my facebook notifications because my MB limit was reached and the mailbox was full! Yes, i know its sad we (i) get so much joy out of the addicting website that is facebook especially on birthdays... practically consumes my life (and just now, after typing that crazy little story i've be convicted to cut my number of "facebook logins" to 5 per day!) haha...

Seriously, i love you all and i wouldn't be able to get through the stress and hardtimes that college brings if it weren't for you guys! The Lord has truly blessed me with amazing community here at AU and i am so thankful...wow. The Lord is so good.

So community groups happened Monday nite and i love my group o guys. Really looking forward to journeying with them towards Jesus this semester as we discover the depths of Him
(if thats even possible! haha). i love His vastness and the simple fact that we have the opp. to learn new aspects of Father each day only to realize there's still more!

Community is vital... period.
Growth, encouragement, accountability, joy, knowledge, and love. These are all necessary to us as humans and the Lord creates community for this very reason. He's all about his children and all He asks is for us to be all about Him...His glory, fame, and renown.






-Amazed-

ZEB