Mark's Thoughts

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Who am i? who Am i? who am I? (Breakfast Club anyone?) Married to Julia for 19 wonderful years, joining us now is Sam age 15 and Sara 13. Born in Southern Illinois near Carbondale (Go Salukis!), lived in Minneapolis for 2 years and Northern Wisc. for 2 years. I love the north!

Monday, April 23, 2007

ONLY for His glory.

What if in our prayers we still asked for what we wanted, desired or burned for, but had a genuine acknowledgment that whatever would bring God the glory is what you actually want? We obviously want to have a family member healed or kept safe but what if we sought a true spirit of acceptance of either outcome just so long as God is glorified publicly in it? We have genuine needs for jobs, finances, or help but what if after asking our hearts desires we turned the focus off of us and pointed to God as the one that needs to be Glorified in the outcome.
Ezekiel 36:22-38 shows the heart of God that even though He loves us immensely and may provide for us mightily or even discipline us, it is all for His glory only. Also Jesus in the garden has a obvious request but knows that God's glory is the final outcome.

Lets pray that God be glorified in all of our life.

Monday, April 09, 2007

Love God, Love People

All our life should be summed up in these two statements:

Love God
  • If we love God we want to:
    • Please Him
    • Get closer to Him
    • Spend time with Him
    • Obey Him
    • Put all our focus on Him
    • Mirror Him to everyone around us

Love People

  • If we love people we want to:
    • Put them before ourselves
    • Mirror our love of God to them
    • Always show compassion

What will we be judged on when we stand at His feet

Will He bring up the grade we got in school, what type of job we had,
how many times we attended church, what we ate, how much we
exercised...

Will all these "daily tasks" be judged in accordance to our
faithfulness in our,
Loving God, and Loving People....