For all of you that don't know what's been going on lately (and why would you because I have neglected this blog) things are changing around the Meadors house. On the first Sunday in August I resigned from Kempville Chapel Old Time Methodist Church effective on the last Sunday in August which has come and gone. If you just sit back and listen to all the birds chirpping you will hear all sorts of reason's why I left and just about all of those would be false. The devil takes these opportunities to try and confuse the work that God has planned for our lives but God knows what He's doing and I will follow Him no matter what is said or not said! God allows us to go through season's in our lives and when one season comes to an end so starts another one!
I'm excited about what God has in store! I don't know the full plan of His hand but from day to day He gives me an insight as to what He is up to! He has opened the door for me to preach revivals in October and also I'm one of the many minister's that is going to be speaking at Freedom Festival coming up in just a short time in Hartsville, Tn. God is doing an awesome thing and I'm looking forward to building the Kingdom of God! There are talks, prayers, and plans on maybe starting/planting a church pretty soon! There is interest and where there is interest God will bless and grow!
Keep us in your prayers as we go through this time of New Season in our lives and ministry and as we learn to hear the voice of God and trust in His hand! Be blessed!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Holy and Beautiful
I Thessalonians 4:7 says, "For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life." This scripture has been in my spirit for the past few weeks. I don't know why the Lord has put this in my spirit other than He wants to remind me that I can't live my life, and it be pleasing to Him, without living it for Him and through Him.
The Message Bible puts this scripture this way - "God hasn't invited us into a disorderly, unkempt life but into something holy and beautiful-as beautiful on the inside as the outside." The word unkempt used in the Message paraphrase of this scripture is intriguing to me. There are several definitions of this word such as: (1) not combed: example:unkempt hair, (2) uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy: example:unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn. (3) unpolished; rough; crude.
When I look at these definitions and compare them to how I'm supposed to be living for the Lord, holy and beautiful, I find some areas in my walk with the Lord that are "not combed", "uncared-for", "neglected", "unpolished", and "rough". Every day of our lives we are to be pleasing to the Lord in our walk, talk, thoughts, actions, etc... How can I live a holy life if I'm leaving some things uncared for in my life. If my prayer life isn't where it needs to be, then I've neglected the talks with God that's going to be needed to polish the rough edges in my life.
Lord help me today to live holy and accepted to you! Help me not to neglect the things in my life that will bring glory and honor to You. Cause me to be polished and ready for Your work today so that someone else may see the fruit of Your Spirit and want to live a life that's holy and beautiful to You.
God Bless you today!
The Message Bible puts this scripture this way - "God hasn't invited us into a disorderly, unkempt life but into something holy and beautiful-as beautiful on the inside as the outside." The word unkempt used in the Message paraphrase of this scripture is intriguing to me. There are several definitions of this word such as: (1) not combed: example:unkempt hair, (2) uncared-for or neglected; disheveled; messy: example:unkempt clothes; an unkempt lawn. (3) unpolished; rough; crude.
When I look at these definitions and compare them to how I'm supposed to be living for the Lord, holy and beautiful, I find some areas in my walk with the Lord that are "not combed", "uncared-for", "neglected", "unpolished", and "rough". Every day of our lives we are to be pleasing to the Lord in our walk, talk, thoughts, actions, etc... How can I live a holy life if I'm leaving some things uncared for in my life. If my prayer life isn't where it needs to be, then I've neglected the talks with God that's going to be needed to polish the rough edges in my life.
Lord help me today to live holy and accepted to you! Help me not to neglect the things in my life that will bring glory and honor to You. Cause me to be polished and ready for Your work today so that someone else may see the fruit of Your Spirit and want to live a life that's holy and beautiful to You.
God Bless you today!
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